Michael Kenna Quotes

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• 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 ever…
• I do have strong convictions and political opinions, but I don't think it's necessary to imbue my photographic work with them. I use photography as…
• 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 where…
• I often think of my work as visual haiku. It is an attempt to evoke and suggest through as few elements as possible rather than…
• It's possible to think of photography as an act of editing, a matter of where you put your rectangle pull it out or take it…
• The first time, I usually skim off the outer layer and end up with photographs that are fairly obvious. The second time, I have to…
• 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 forces…
• 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 or…
• Parks and gardens are the quintessential intimate landscapes. People use them all the time, leaving their energy and memories behind. It's what's left behind that…
• Perhaps most intriguing of all is that it is possible to photograph what is impossible for the human eye to see - cumulative time.
• Nothing is ever the same twice because everything is always gone forever, and yet each moment has infinite photographic possibilities.

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