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Better Than Like
The making of art, and the appreciation of it, is a subjective thing. It is deeply personal, and this is one of its strengths, not a weakness. But there’s a danger in seeing art in such personal, subjective terms, and that hazard is no more clearly seen than in the oft-used word, “like.” As in, “Oh, I really like that painting.” Or, “I don’t like that photograph.” We are all entitled to our opinio
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“Anyone can take a picture of poverty; it’s easy to focus on the dirt and hurt of the poor. It’s much harder—and much more needful—to pry under that dirt and reveal the beauty and dignity of people that, but for their birth into a place and circumstance different from our own, are just like ourselves. I want my images to tell the story of those people and to move us beyond pity to justice and mercy.”
― Within the Frame: The Journey of Photographic Vision
― Within the Frame: The Journey of Photographic Vision
“The cliché comes not in what you shoot but in how you shoot it.”
― Within the Frame: The Journey of Photographic Vision
― Within the Frame: The Journey of Photographic Vision
“A representational photograph says, 'This is what Vienna looked like.' An interpretational photograph goes one better and says, 'This is what Vienna was like. This is how I felt about it.”
― Within the Frame: The Journey of Photographic Vision
― Within the Frame: The Journey of Photographic Vision
