“Take a moment. What was it you saw when you were moved to pick up the camera? I'm going to pretend I didn't hear you mutter something about thinking "it looked cool." Dig deeper. Was it a thought, a feeling,… — 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… — David duChemin Copy Share Image
“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
