A photographer who wants to see....must recognize the value of the familiar. Your ability to see is not increased by the distance you put between yourself and your home. If you do not see what is all around you every… — Freeman Patterson Copy Share Image
A photographer who wants to see, a photographer who wants to make fine images, must recognize the value in the familiar. — Freeman Patterson Copy Share Image
It seems to me that the whole purpose of the workshops is really twofold. One - to help people make better pictures, and two… — Freeman Patterson Copy Share Image
The abstracting of visual elements in order to recognize their particularity has become automatic, but seeing, combining, and creating them as integrated 'wholes' will… — Freeman Patterson Copy Share Image
The ability of human beings to be creative depends fundamentally on the health and well-being of our biosphere, the few kilometres of air, water,… — Freeman Patterson Copy Share Image
The camera points both ways. In expressing the subject you also express yourself..... — Freeman Patterson Copy Share Image
Thirty-six satisfactory exposures on a roll means a photographer is not trying anything new — Freeman Patterson Copy Share Image
Every artist is, first of all, a craftperson thoroughly knowledgeable about the materials, tools, and techniques of his or her particular medium and skilled… — Freeman Patterson Copy Share Image
Consciously and unconsciously, an artist engaged in serious work is always raising or dealing with the question, 'What really matters?' — Freeman Patterson Copy Share Image
There is a close connection between art and religion in the sense that both are concerned about questions of meaning - if not about… — Freeman Patterson Copy Share Image
Seeing, in the finest and broadest sense, means using your senses, your intellect, and your emotions. It means encountering your subject matter with your… — Freeman Patterson Copy Share Image
Unlike a child in a totally urban environment, my friends and peer group were not only other children, but also wild and domesticated animals,… — Freeman Patterson Copy Share Image
There's only one rule in photography - never develop colour film in chicken noodle soup. — Freeman Patterson Copy Share Image
