It's one thing to make a beautiful thing; it's another thing to make a living thing. John Paul Caponigro More Quotes by John Paul Caponigro More Quotes From John Paul Caponigro How do we know what we know? Is seeing believing? Is believing seeing? John Paul Caponigro photographerknowsbelieve Inquiry is more important than answers, for it is the questions we ask and the way in which we ask them that defines us. John Paul Caponigro inquiryimportantanswers Photography is much more about elimination than inclusion. The images we make with a lens typically eliminate ninety percent of our field of view and everything that is out of our field of view. The shutter slices time, eliminating all moments before and after it opens and closes. Three dimensions are reduced to two. And in some cases color is removed. How can we call these kinds of artifacts unaltered? John Paul Caponigro colorphotographyviews Through the experience of art, the powers of perception and transformation can be awakened, in both those who create it and those who re-perceive it. John Paul Caponigro perceptionphotographerart Above all, remember that the computer simply isn't as intelligent as you are. John Paul Caponigro computerintelligentremember It takes asking many questions from many perspectives to truly understand something. John Paul Caponigro perspectivephotographerasking Color is a powerful physical, biological, and psychological force. When less color and less intense color is present, trace amounts and subtle differences become highly significant and are strongly felt. John Paul Caponigro differencescolorpowerful With the arrival of the new comes the need to overcome fascination with novelty in order to approach substance and sophistication - a sophistication born of subtlety and depth of perception, not complexity and perceived virtuosity. John Paul Caponigro technologyperceptionorder The primary mode of experiencing images is non-verbal... but once it's brought out into the light of the day, what's understood by the subconscious intuitive mind can be better grasped by the conscious rational mind. Aligning the two produces powerful results. John Paul Caponigro powerfullighttwo While many conclusions are drawn... the process of asking questions is more important than the answers... an ongoing process of discovery. John Paul Caponigro asking-questionsimportantdiscovery The computer is a tool akin to a telescope or a microscope; a tool that opens vast frontiers of possibilities and brings them to light; a tool that captures the elemental and animates or holds it still at will; a tool that captures the organic flow of the earth's crust or the wash of a wave, and creates an impossible symmetry, an elemental Rorshach pattern ripe for continued exploration, divulging a thousand revelations. John Paul Caponigro lighttoolsearth Surfaces reveal so much. The marks painters make reveal so much about their work and themselves; their sense of proportion, line, and rhythm is more telling than their signature. Looking at the surfaces of nature may offer equivalent revelations. What do these shapes and patterns reveal about the world and their creator? Surfaces hide so much. John Paul Caponigro linesshapesmay Looking and seeing are two different things. John Paul Caponigro differentphotographertwo Seeing creates growth. John Paul Caponigro seeinggrowthphotographer The best plans evolve. John Paul Caponigro plansevolvephotographer I'd say seeking is one of the fundamental artistic impulses. Art is about discovery. The medium is not the message. John Paul Caponigro fundamentalsdiscoveryart To be sure, not all moments are equally fleeting. Some moments last longer than others. And certain events do reoccur more than once and even recur repeatedly. Sometimes you do get more than one chance. Sometimes you don't. It helps to know how long a window of opportunity you have and if you'll get another chance. John Paul Caponigro fleetingopportunitylong My mantra is, 'This or something better.' John Paul Caponigro mantrassomething-betterphotographer The act of creation, making anything, is an alteration. We cannot eliminate the medium or ourselves from the process, and both are limited. We create decisive moments by devoting our time and attention to specific things. This is the greatest gift we can give anyone or anything - pieces of our life. John Paul Caponigro creativitypiecesgiving Amid countless everyday miracles, I come in contact with something greater than myself and realize I am a part of it... I move in wonder through inspiration, reverence, gratitude, interconnectedness, transcendence, and grace. John Paul Caponigro gratitudeinspirationmoving
