If tone is granted to be subjected to control, why not line also, which has equal emotional significance? And if line, why not shapes and forms? And if shapes and forms, why not allow elision or emphasis of detail? And… — William Mortensen Copy Share Image
If tone is granted to be subjected to control, why not line also, which has equal emotional significance? And if line, why not shapes… — William Mortensen Copy Share Image
Emotion may be expressed, or the utter lack of it may be expressed, but the only important fact is that of expression. — William Mortensen Copy Share Image
Photography, like any other art, is a form of communication. The artist is not blowing bubbles for his own gratification, but is speaking a… — William Mortensen Copy Share Image
Thoughts and emotions cannot be photographed, despite the protestations of some mystically minded portraitists. Physical fact is ultimately the sole pictorial material. — William Mortensen Copy Share Image
