Getting photographs is not the most important thing. For me it's the act of photographing. It's enlightening, therapeutic and satisfying, because the… — Michael Kenna Copy Share Image
I would strongly encourage anybody embarking on photography as a career to embrace and enjoy the whole process. Being a photographer can… — Michael Kenna Copy Share Image
If the quality of professional materials continues to erode or even dries up, then many of us silver photographers would have to… — Michael Kenna Copy Share Image
We see in colour all the time. Everything around us is in colour. Black and white is therefore immediately an interpretation of… — Michael Kenna Copy Share Image
Essentially, I look for what is interesting to me, out there in the three-dimensional world, and translate or interpret so that it… — Michael Kenna Copy Share Image
For me, the subtlety of black and white inspires the imagination of the individual viewer to complete the picture in the mind's… — Michael Kenna Copy Share Image
The golden rule in the arts, as far as I am concerned, is that all rules are meant to be broken. — Michael Kenna Copy Share Image
I gravitate towards places where humans have been and are no more, to the edge of man's influence, where the elements are taking over… — Michael Kenna Copy Share Image
Getting photographs is not the most important thing. For me it's the act of photographing. It's enlightening, therapeutic and satisfying, because the very process… — Michael Kenna Copy Share Image
In my photographic work I'm generally attracted to places that contain memories, history, atmospheres and stories. I'm interested in the places where people have… — Michael Kenna Copy Share Image
The photographer Ruth Bernhard used to tell me that this is like asking somebody how they evolved their signature. It is not something I've… — Michael Kenna Copy Share Image
I believe that we photographers don't benefit very much with answers from other photographers. What is more beneficial is to ask questions of ourselves… — Michael Kenna Copy Share Image
My advice to any budding artist is never to be satisfied with imitating others. This is but a means to an end. A serious… — Michael Kenna Copy Share Image
I enjoy places that have mystery and atmosphere, perhaps a patina of age, a suggestion rather than a description, a question or two. I… — Michael Kenna Copy Share Image
One needs to fully accept that surprises sometimes happen and complete control over outcome is not necessary or even desirable. — Michael Kenna Copy Share Image
Different assignments, different places, require different approaches. Sometimes I take minutes in a location, at other times days. There are many places that I… — Michael Kenna Copy Share Image
I find that when one has worked long enough, technical know-how becomes almost irrelevant. In photography, it's not difficult to reach a technical level… — Michael Kenna Copy Share Image
I believe that every photographer, every artist, should choose materials and equipment based on their own vision. I don't believe that non-digital is necessarily… — Michael Kenna Copy Share Image
