Photographers on Photography: Part 1
We will be adding a new author this year to our Reading Reference Library, I would like to introduce to you Henry Carroll. He is the author of many photography books, this one we are going to cover is called Photographers on Photography: How The Masters See, Think, and Shoot. Over the next four weeks we are going to cover 50 photographers and you guessed it, what they think about Photography. I think it is important to look at people who are successful in your industry, as it is hard to emulate one who has not achieved success.
Photographers on Photography: How The Masters See, Think, and Shoot-Part 1
Dorothea Lange: Machine changed the world of Man and the creative abilities, creating a forced sense of a relationship between the photographer and the camera.
Irving Penn: For him, the frame of the camera was the scalpel of a surgeon. In this respect, he was an expert surgeon.
Man Ray: Never ask him what camera he used, the credit should go to the man not the machine.
David Hockney: He always felt so limited by the point of view of one photograph and often combines them to recreate the experience of human vision.
Ansel Adams: Feeling like a photograph deserved as much awe as a painting, he made perfect to a tee photographs.
Hellen Van Meene: She believes a photographs size is an extension of its concept.
Daido Moriyama: Photographs capture moments that are in reality multi sensory and so his photographs portray as many of those senses as possible.
Fay Godwin: Never overthink what you are doing, any overthinking is too much.
Olivia Bee: She captures emotional beauty of blur and youth. A perfect photograph hides human qualities.
Ralph Gibson: The abstract provides clarity for this artist with a camera.
Saul Leiter: If photographs is what you do, just go out every day ready to do it and leave it at that. Don't ask why.
Todd Hido: In a industry where you make the rules, make sure to set some for yourself. Some rules are good for you.
Maisie Cousins: Going against the norm of taking Nice pictures, she takes pictures of things as they are not as they would be nice to be.
Examples:
Dorothea Lange: The Road West, New Mexico
Irving Penn: Nude No 18, New York
Man Ray: Rayograph
David Hockney: The Studio Meeting
Ansel Adams: The Tetons and the Snake River, Grand Teton National Park
Hellen Van Meene: Untitled #0334
Daido Moriyama: Stray Dog
Fay Godwin: Cul Mor
Olivia Bee: Gold Rush
Ralph Gibson: Untitled from The Vertical Horizon
Saul Leiter: Foot on El
Todd Hido: Untitled #6405-8
Maisie Cousins: Untitled from What Girls Are Made Of
One of the things I love about Photography, is that some of the most successful people often have the weirdest photos. But for them it is normal, and for everyone else who claims to not like the weird-they sure are willing to pay a pretty penny for it. Join me next week for part 2.
Photographers on Photography: How The Masters See, Think, and Shoot-Part 1
Dorothea Lange: Machine changed the world of Man and the creative abilities, creating a forced sense of a relationship between the photographer and the camera.
Irving Penn: For him, the frame of the camera was the scalpel of a surgeon. In this respect, he was an expert surgeon.
Man Ray: Never ask him what camera he used, the credit should go to the man not the machine.
David Hockney: He always felt so limited by the point of view of one photograph and often combines them to recreate the experience of human vision.
Ansel Adams: Feeling like a photograph deserved as much awe as a painting, he made perfect to a tee photographs.
Hellen Van Meene: She believes a photographs size is an extension of its concept.
Daido Moriyama: Photographs capture moments that are in reality multi sensory and so his photographs portray as many of those senses as possible.
Fay Godwin: Never overthink what you are doing, any overthinking is too much.
Olivia Bee: She captures emotional beauty of blur and youth. A perfect photograph hides human qualities.
Ralph Gibson: The abstract provides clarity for this artist with a camera.
Saul Leiter: If photographs is what you do, just go out every day ready to do it and leave it at that. Don't ask why.
Todd Hido: In a industry where you make the rules, make sure to set some for yourself. Some rules are good for you.
Maisie Cousins: Going against the norm of taking Nice pictures, she takes pictures of things as they are not as they would be nice to be.
Examples:
Dorothea Lange: The Road West, New Mexico
Irving Penn: Nude No 18, New York
Man Ray: Rayograph
David Hockney: The Studio Meeting
Ansel Adams: The Tetons and the Snake River, Grand Teton National Park
Hellen Van Meene: Untitled #0334
Daido Moriyama: Stray Dog
Fay Godwin: Cul Mor
Olivia Bee: Gold Rush
Ralph Gibson: Untitled from The Vertical Horizon
Saul Leiter: Foot on El
Todd Hido: Untitled #6405-8
Maisie Cousins: Untitled from What Girls Are Made Of
One of the things I love about Photography, is that some of the most successful people often have the weirdest photos. But for them it is normal, and for everyone else who claims to not like the weird-they sure are willing to pay a pretty penny for it. Join me next week for part 2.
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