Trying to make photographs that can speak takes time. Seldom do I visit a place for the first time and immediately make photographs I find meaningful. Making repeated visits, I like to look and explore, observing the changing seasons and the transformations of nature, beginning to feel visual and spiritual connections. As valuable for me as the image recorded on film are the images recorded on the emulsion of my mind.
James Sexton, Quiet Light (Boston, 1990), 114.
Category: Quotation
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On the emulsion of my mind
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Learning to accept…
Learning to accept what photographic opportunities are given is a hallmark of a seasoned photographer; you can’t force the light or the wind.
Art Wolfe, “Introduction,” William Neill. Photographer — A Retrospective (2017), 3.