Photographs are never records of the way things are; they're records of the way things were. — John Paul Caponigro Copy Share Image
A photograph is an invitation to look - and to look at looking. — John Paul Caponigro Copy Share Image
Different people can photograph the same things with the same tools and create such different images. — John Paul Caponigro Copy Share Image
Photography extends our perception allowing us to see and experience more - second hand. — John Paul Caponigro Copy Share Image
We don't have enough words for photography. Can you imagine writers having only one word for writing? — John Paul Caponigro Copy Share Image
Images are altered in many ways, to many degrees, and for many reasons, so it's important for viewers to be informed of… — John Paul Caponigro Copy Share Image
Very often there is too little information in photographs to deduce how they were made and even what they represent. We rely… — John Paul Caponigro Copy Share Image
All photographs are about light. The great majority of photographs record light as a way of describing objects in space. A few… — John Paul Caponigro Copy Share Image
Photography is much more about elimination than inclusion. The images we make with a lens typically eliminate ninety percent of our field… — John Paul Caponigro Copy Share Image
What we see changes what we know. What we know changes what we see. Perception, belief, action, and change are codependent. — John Paul Caponigro Copy Share
Many oriental cultures make a distinction between two ways of looking - 'hard eyes' and 'soft eyes'. When we look with hard eyes, we… — John Paul Caponigro Copy Share
We are the strongest filter we can place before the lens. We point the lens both outward and inward. — John Paul Caponigro Copy Share
Visual artists choreograph dances for the eyes, guiding visual journeys in specific ways. But when presented with little or nothing, the journeys of the… — John Paul Caponigro Copy Share
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… — John Paul Caponigro Copy Share
We're responsible for everything that's included in the frame. We're also responsible for what's not included in the frame. We're responsible for the way… — John Paul Caponigro Copy Share
Amid countless everyday miracles, I come in contact with something greater than myself and realize I am a part of it... I move in… — John Paul Caponigro Copy Share
To be sure, not all moments are equally fleeting. Some moments last longer than others. And certain events do reoccur more than once and… — John Paul Caponigro Copy Share
It's one thing to make a beautiful thing; it's another thing to make a living thing. — John Paul Caponigro Copy Share
Mysterious spaces cause us to turn inward. Amid a rich upwelling of association, we encounter many aspects of ourselves. As we grow still, we… — John Paul Caponigro Copy Share
Color is a powerful physical, biological, and psychological force. When less color and less intense color is present, trace amounts and subtle differences become… — John Paul Caponigro Copy Share
All photographs are about light. The great majority of photographs record light as a way of describing objects in space. A few photographs are… — John Paul Caponigro Copy Share
