A photographer who wants to see....must recognize the value of the familiar. Your ability to see is not increased by the distance… — Freeman Patterson Copy Share Image
If you do not see what is around you every day, what will you see when you go to Tangiers? — 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
