All photographs are about light. The great majority of photographs record light as a way of describing objects in space. A few… — John Paul Caponigro Copy Share Image
A photograph is an invitation to look - and to look at looking. — John Paul Caponigro Copy Share Image
Very often there is too little information in photographs to deduce how they were made and even what they represent. We rely… — John Paul Caponigro Copy Share Image
Different people can photograph the same things with the same tools and create such different images. — John Paul Caponigro Copy Share Image
Photographs are never records of the way things are; they're records of the way things were. — John Paul Caponigro Copy Share Image
What we see changes what we know. What we know changes what we see. Perception, belief, action, and change are codependent. — John Paul Caponigro Copy Share Image
Many oriental cultures make a distinction between two ways of looking - 'hard eyes' and 'soft eyes'. When we look with hard eyes, we see specific details with sharp focus, but we don't see the relationships between different details as well. When we look with soft eyes we see the relationships between everything in our field of vision, but with… — John Paul Caponigro Copy Share
We are the strongest filter we can place before the lens. We point the lens both outward and inward. — John Paul Caponigro Copy Share Image
Don't ask 'Should I ...?'. Instead, 'Ask what happens if I ...?' — John Paul Caponigro Copy Share Image
Visual artists choreograph dances for the eyes, guiding visual journeys in specific ways. But when presented with little or nothing, the journeys of the… — John Paul Caponigro Copy Share Image
The primary mode of experiencing images is non-verbal... but once it's brought out into the light of the day, what's understood by the subconscious… — John Paul Caponigro Copy Share Image
We're responsible for everything that's included in the frame. We're also responsible for what's not included in the frame. We're responsible for the way… — John Paul Caponigro Copy Share Image
Amid countless everyday miracles, I come in contact with something greater than myself and realize I am a part of it... I move in… — John Paul Caponigro Copy Share Image
To be sure, not all moments are equally fleeting. Some moments last longer than others. And certain events do reoccur more than once and… — John Paul Caponigro Copy Share Image
It's one thing to make a beautiful thing; it's another thing to make a living thing. — John Paul Caponigro Copy Share Image
Mysterious spaces cause us to turn inward. Amid a rich upwelling of association, we encounter many aspects of ourselves. As we grow still, we… — John Paul Caponigro Copy Share Image
