“The real failure is to rob this world of the contribution only you can make, and to fail to make work that truly gives you that 'this is what I was created to do' feeling that has no equal.” — David duChemin Copy Share Image
“Photographers, like few other kinds of artists I can imagine, have an insanely personal relationship with their gear.” — David duChemin Copy Share Image
“Vision is that original spark that was ignited within you and made you pick up a camera to capture whatever it is you saw,… — David duChemin Copy Share Image
“To do what we should in art is bondage. To tell others, with our art, what they should think or feel or do, is… — David duChemin Copy Share Image
“It’s the difference between your wife’s passport photograph and the portraits you took when you got engaged. Both may have been created with similar technology, but what stands in that great gulf between them are the passion you have for your wife, the knowledge you have of her personality, and your willingness to use your craft, time, and energy to… — David duChemin Copy Share
“Ideas rarely come out whole. They change as they get brought to life. New constraints appear, new directions suggest themselves, and new influences come… — David duChemin Copy Share Image
“Consider this your permission to indulge that inner anarchist. Stop following the path you ought to take; follow instead the one you long to… — David Duchemin Copy Share Image
“Anyone can take a picture of poverty; it’s easy to focus on the dirt and hurt of the poor. It’s much harder—and much more… — David duChemin Copy Share Image
“You yourself are unique--you have ways of seeing your world that are unlike those of anyone else--so find ways to more faithfully express that,… — David duChemin Copy Share Image
“The perfect moment is one of our treasures, and patience is the best way to find it.” — David duChemin Copy Share Image
“It is the daily task of the creative to be curious and collect dots. The most creative people I know fill their brains, their… — David duChemin Copy Share Image
