At first glance a photograph can inform us. At second glance it can reach us. Minor White More Quotes by Minor White More Quotes From Minor White We could teach photography as a way to make a living, and best of all, somehow to get students to experience for themselves photography as a way of life. Minor White photographystudentsway The photographer projects himself into everything he sees, identifying himself with everything in order to know it and to feel it better. Minor White photographyphotographerorder Before he has seen the whole, how unusually perceptive and imaginative the person must be to evolve the entire sequence by meditating on its single, pair or triplet of essential images. Minor White pairsessentialsphotographer When I looked at things for what they are I was fool enough to persist in my folly and found that each photograph was a mirror of my Self. Minor White foolmirrorsself Photographers who come up with power never get accused of imitating anyone else even though they photograph the same broom, same street, same portraits. Minor White broomsportraitsphotographer It is curious that I always want to group things, a series of sonnets, a series of photographs; whatever rationalizations appear, they originate in urges that are rarely satisfied with single images. Minor White groupsphotographerwant Different levels of photography require different levels of understanding and skill. A "press the button, let George do the rest" photographer needs little or no technical knowledge of photography. A zone system photographer takes more responsibility. He visualizes before he presses the button, and afterwards calibrates for predictable print values. Minor White skillsphotographyresponsibility To engage a sequence, we keep in mind the photographs on either side of the one in our eye. Minor White eyemindsides Reaching a 'creative' state of mind thru positive action is considered preferable to waiting for 'inspiration'. Minor White photographycreativeinspiration I have often photographed when I am not in tune with nature but the photographs look as if I had been. So I conclude that something in nature says, 'Come and take my photograph.' So I do, regardless of how I feel. Minor White tunesphotographerlooks Students were taught by doing. Minor White taughtphotographystudents We emphasized the creativeness that happens at the moment of seeing over the kind that takes place in the dark room. Minor White photographydarkrooms While we cannot describe its appearance (the equivalent), we can define its function. When a photograph functions as an Equivalent we can say that at that moment, and for that person the photograph acts as a symbol or plays the role of a metaphor for something that is beyond the subject photographed. Minor White rolesphotographerplay In putting images together I become active, and excitement is of another order - synthesis overshadows analysis. Minor White analysistogetherorder The state of mind of the photographer creating is a blank. I might add that this condition exists only at special times, namely when looking for pictures. -Something keeps him from falling off curbs, down open manholes, into bumpers of skidding trucks while in this condition but goes off duty at other times. . . . This is a very special kind of blank. A very active state of mind really, it is a very receptive state. . . Minor White creatingmindfall The development of a love of medium and a responsibility for one's own pictures is an overall goal. Minor White photographygoalresponsibility A very receptive state of mind... not unlike a sheet of film itself - seemingly inert, yet so sensitive that a fraction of a second's exposure conceives a life in it. Minor White filmphotographermind Some of the young photographers today enter photography where I leave off. My "grandchildren" astound me. What I worked for they seem to be born with. So I wonder where Their affirmations of Spirit will lead. My wish for them is that their unfolding proceeds to fullness of Spirit, however astonishing or anguished their lives. Minor White grandchildrenphotographywish If I have anything to give you through camera, it must be of myself. … A gnawing burns inside … to make something of myself worth giving. Minor White camerasself-worthgiving Camera and eye are together a time machine with which the mind and human being can do the same kind of violence to time and space as dreams. Minor White spaceeyedream
