“Amadora was never far from her understanding of women, glamour, or the fine line between elegant and camp, vulgar and vibrant, life and dreams. ... Color, she believed, was feminine. She said that women were masters of color, evidenced in… — Whitney Otto Copy Share Image
“But any picture could deal with the problem of light. The problem with this picture is greater than that of reflective surfaces - it's one of death. You invite a profound theme into your work when you choose cut flowers. You are talking about mortality and time moving forward. You are saying that everything, everything we see and experience and… — Whitney Otto Copy Share
“S___ likes being around other people; she just isn't particularly comfortable talking to them. She supposes that she is some variety of voyeur, enjoying… — Whitney Otto Copy Share Image
“You have to choose your combinations careful. The right choices will enhance your quilt. The wrong choices will dull the colors and hide their… — Whitney Otto Copy Share Image
“If I photograph you in the shadows, you become mysterious, perhaps unknowable. If I light you from above, so your eyelashes throw shadows on… — Whitney Otto Copy Share Image
“I have an affection for those transitional seasons, the way they take the edge off the intense cold of winter, or heat of summer.” — Whitney Otto Copy Share Image
“…that would be too much like running away, and that, she would not do. She does not run—they cannot make her—she walks.” — Whitney Otto Copy Share Image
“Julius explained that the palace rooms where they stood were called Wunderkammers, or wonder rooms. Souvenirs of nature, of travels across continents and seas; jewels and skulls. A show of wealth, intellect, power. The first room had rose-colored glass walls, with rubies and garnets and bloodred drapes of damask. Bowls of blush quartz; semiprecious stone roses running the spectrum of… — Whitney Otto Copy Share
Why are old lovers able to become friends? Two reasons. They never truly loved each other, or they love each other still — Whitney Otto Copy Share Image
“If the photographer isn't going to pay attention to the picture he is making, that if he thinks the camera is just a machine… — Whitney Otto Copy Share Image
“She remembered her fingers threaded through his hair and his kisses in places that made her long for him years later.” — Whitney Otto Copy Share Image
“No one fights dirtier or more brutally than blood; only family knows it’s own weaknesses, the exact placement of the heart. The tragedy is… — Whitney Otto Copy Share Image
