Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Go!

This is the fundamental point: pictures give everything in one go.
Philippe Dubois

Thursday, March 19, 2009

:

Such is a picture: it cannot phrase what it is on display.
Roland Barthes

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Camera?

People always ask me what camera I use. It's not the camera, it's...
Walker Evans

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Photographs and stories

Photographs are taken to push things away from one’s mind. My stories are a way of closing your eyes.
Kafka

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

The challenge

The challenge for the photographer? To contrast this tidal wave of redundance with informative images.
Vilém Flusser

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Differently....

Differently from any other form of visual art, a photograph is neither a reproduction, nor an imitation, nor an interpretation of the subject, rather its mark, its footprint. No painting or drawing, no matter how realistic, belong to the subject the way photography does.
John Berger

Monday, February 9, 2009

Ah-ha!

Best wide-angle lens? Two steps backward and look for the ah-ha.
Hernst Haas