“Arrogance and a teachable spirit are mutually exclusive.” — David duChemin Arrogance Copy Share Image
“Photographers, like few other kinds of artists I can imagine, have an insanely personal relationship with their gear.” — David duChemin Art 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… — David duChemin Art 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… — 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… — David duChemin Creativity 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… — David duChemin Dreams 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… — David duChemin Marriage Copy Share Image
“I dream big dreams every day; it's up to the universe to keep up.” — David duChemin Dream Copy Share Image
“Photographing a culture in the here and now often means photographing the intersection of the present with the past.” — David duChemin Culture Copy Share Image
“The cliché comes not in what you shoot but in how you shoot it.” — David duChemin Cliche Copy Share Image
“On the odd days Auto Tone gets it right I assume it's using some kind of voodoo.” — David duChemin Voodoo Copy Share Image
“The perfect moment is one of our treasures, and patience is the best way to find it.” — David duChemin Patience 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… — David duChemin Fashion 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… — David duChemin Creative people Copy Share Image
“A representational photograph says, 'This is what Vienna looked like.' An interpretational photograph goes one better and says, 'This is what Vienna… — David duChemin Photographer Copy Share Image
“The real failure is to rob this world of the contribution only you can make, and to fail to make work that… — David duChemin Contribution to society Copy Share Image
“Take a moment. What was it you saw when you were moved to pick up the camera? I'm going to pretend I… — David duChemin Dig deep Copy Share Image
“The story is told of Michelangelo being asked about his methods for sculpting. He replied simply that he worked on a block… — David duChemin Art 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… — David duChemin Beauty Copy Share Image
“Courage is not an absence of fear, but an act of the will to move forward in the presence of fear. Fear… — David duChemin Courage Copy Share Image
