If you get one photograph that's good from a trip, that's plenty. by Todd Hido

If you get one photograph that's good from a trip, that's plenty.

Todd Hido

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As an artist I have always felt that my task is not to create meaning but to charge the air so that meaning can occur.

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I photograph like a documentarian, but I print like a painter by Todd Hido

I photograph like a documentarian, but I print like a painter

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To me it is no mystery that we can only photograph effectively what we are truly interested in or-maybe more importantly-are grappling with. Often unconsciously. Otherwise the photographs are merely about an idea or a concept-that stuff eventually falls flat for me-there must be something more, some emotional hook for it to really work for me.

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I have learned to consciously avoid letting that thought, It's been done, enter my creative process. You have to try not to edit yourself before you actually shoot.

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I believe you can use photographs to meditate on and work through... by Todd Hido

I believe you can use photographs to meditate on and work through things in your life.

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