Freeman Patterson

There's only one rule in photography - never develop colour film in chicken noodle soup.

— Freeman Patterson

Creation and creativity are inextricably linked.

— Freeman Patterson

I photograph Nature, which includes human beings.

— Freeman Patterson

If you do not see what is around you every day, what will you see when you go to Tangiers?

— Freeman Patterson

Not every work of art is or need be a heavily profound statement.

— Freeman Patterson

The camera points both ways. In expressing the subject you also express yourself…

— Freeman Patterson

Thirty-six satisfactory exposures on a roll means a photographer is not trying anything new

— Freeman Patterson

A photographer who wants to see, a photographer who wants to make fine images, must recognize the value in the familiar.

— Freeman Patterson

No amount of technical knowledge and competence is, of itself, sufficient to make a craftperson into an artist. That requires caring -…

— Freeman Patterson

Every artist is, first of all, a craftperson thoroughly knowledgeable about the materials, tools, and techniques of his or her particular medium…

— Freeman Patterson

Consciously and unconsciously, an artist engaged in serious work is always raising or dealing with the question, 'What really matters?'

— Freeman Patterson

The abstracting of visual elements in order to recognize their particularity has become automatic, but seeing, combining, and creating them as integrated…

— Freeman Patterson

Seeing, in the finest and broadest sense, means using your senses, your intellect, and your emotions. It means encountering your subject matter…

— Freeman Patterson

A photographer who wants to see…must recognize the value of the familiar. Your ability to see is not increased by the distance…

— Freeman Patterson

It seems to me that the whole purpose of the workshops is really twofold. One - to help people make better pictures,…

— Freeman Patterson

Unlike a child in a totally urban environment, my friends and peer group were not only other children, but also wild and…

— Freeman Patterson

There is a close connection between art and religion in the sense that both are concerned about questions of meaning - if…

— Freeman Patterson

The ability of human beings to be creative depends fundamentally on the health and well-being of our biosphere, the few kilometres of…

— Freeman Patterson