Instant gratification in photography is not something that I need or desire. I find that the long, slow journey to the final… — Michael Kenna Desire Copy Share Image
Nothing is ever the same twice because everything is always gone forever, and yet each moment has infinite photographic possibilities. — Michael Kenna Fleeting moments 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 Black Copy Share Image
I do have strong convictions and political opinions, but I don't think it's necessary to imbue my photographic work with them. I… — Michael Kenna Catalyst Copy Share Image
I try not to make conscious decisions about what I am looking for. I don't make elaborate preparations before I go to… — Michael Kenna Conscious Copy Share Image
Most of my work involves slowing down rather than speeding up. I prefer to look at prints than scans, and I prefer… — Michael Kenna Digital Copy Share Image
One advances by standing on the shoulders of giants, but the ultimate goal is to find one's own vision. — Michael Kenna Dreams 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 Abstraction Copy Share Image
I often think of my work as visual haiku. It is an attempt to evoke and suggest through as few elements as… — Michael Kenna Details Copy Share Image
Parks and gardens are the quintessential intimate landscapes. People use them all the time, leaving their energy and memories behind. It's what's… — Michael Kenna Behinds Copy Share Image
For me, this is one of the advantages of not using digital, I never know when I have a good photograph! I… — Michael Kenna Advantage 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 Believe Copy Share Image
There are many aspects about what and why we photograph: visual pleasure, personal empathy, intellectual stimulation, technical excellence, etc. Serious photographers and… — Michael Kenna Art Copy Share Image
There is no one way of photographing anything. I don't believe there is even one best way of photographing any given subject. — Michael Kenna Believe Copy Share Image
I encourage playfulness and experimentation with both the camera and subject matter. Sometimes there is an obvious perspective, but it is important… — Michael Kenna Cameras Copy Share Image
The first time, I usually skim off the outer layer and end up with photographs that are fairly obvious. The second time,… — Michael Kenna Challenges Copy Share Image
I prefer to think of photography as a never ending journey with infinite possibilities. I love to return to places to re… — Michael Kenna Endless Copy Share Image
There can be no doubt that probability increases with practice. Fortune favours the brave, fortune favours the prepared mind, and fortune favours… — Michael Kenna Brave Copy Share Image
Craft is important, but cameras for their own sake are not. A sense of aesthetics, a connection with the subject matter, an… — Michael Kenna Aesthetics Copy Share Image
Approaching subject matter to photograph is like meeting a person and beginning a conversation. How does one know ahead of time where… — Michael Kenna Ahead of time Copy Share Image
Of course, the whole photographic process has been made much faster, cleaner and far more accessible to people by digital innovations, which… — Michael Kenna Apps Copy Share Image
I don't think it is even possible to define what a good photograph is, so it is difficult to instruct anybody how… — Michael Kenna Aesthetics Copy Share Image
