In the spirit of Vivian Maier, who worked unaided by any publication or commercial shooting, I set up the Emerging Photographer Fund David Alan Harvey More Quotes by David Alan Harvey More Quotes From David Alan Harvey Don't shoot what it looks like. Shoot what it feels like. David Alan Harvey photography photographer looks The whole thrust in my life right now is spinning my assignments around and making them work in a more personal way (...) I wanted to go back and do the original thing: one camera, one lens, one film. You really have to put yourself in a position of danger to be creative. David Alan Harvey spinning creative way Photographers can either look out the window at the world or they can look in the mirror. David Alan Harvey mirrors photography looks So, according to the religious, you can only be good if you're scared of the consequences of being bad? Strange, I thought people were good because they care about each other? David Alan Harvey care religious people Most of the photographs I make are personal pictures and never end up in print. Even the magazines I shoot for on assignment publish very few of the actual selects. Sometimes these personal pictures will end up in a book of my work. Oftentimes, however, they are simply photographs which I hope resonate, yet rarely find a publication home. I do a lot of personal work in Rio de Janeiro, and this of a parkour artist making a jump on Ipanema Beach is such a moment. David Alan Harvey home beach book It's a lot of work living the life that you want to live, but that's what I'm doing. David Alan Harvey live-life want Science teaches you to open your eyes and appreciate the reality around you. Religion teaches you to close your eyes and cling to the fantasy within you. David Alan Harvey appreciate eye reality Religion: A lot of fanciful ideas inspired by wishful thinking. Science: A lot of logical ideas based on the best evidence available. Which should we have faith in? David Alan Harvey logical-ideas have-faith thinking The most important questions a human can ever ask must surely deserve the most convincing answers, not simply the most comforting? David Alan Harvey important answers comforting The more tightly you cling to your faith, the looser your grip is on reality. David Alan Harvey reality The nazis slaughtered millions because they dehumanized their victims... but when it comes to dehumanizing victims the most useful and most widely used tool throughout history is, of course, religion. David Alan Harvey nazi victim tools Only religion could justify killing an adult with a family because he carried out abortions of unwanted or unhealthy fetuses that don't even have the intelligence of a typical fish. David Alan Harvey typical abortion adults
