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Michael Kenna has 11 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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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…
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I do have strong convictions and political opinions, but I don't think it's necessary to imbue my photographic work with them. I…
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I find that when one has worked long enough, technical know-how becomes almost irrelevant. In photography, it's not difficult to reach a…
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I often think of my work as visual haiku. It is an attempt to evoke and suggest through as few elements as…
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It's possible to think of photography as an act of editing, a matter of where you put your rectangle pull it out…
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The first time, I usually skim off the outer layer and end up with photographs that are fairly obvious. The second time,…
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Getting photographs is not the most important thing. For me it's the act of photographing. It's enlightening, therapeutic and satisfying, because the…
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I gravitate towards places where humans have been and are no more, to the edge of man's influence, where the elements are…
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Parks and gardens are the quintessential intimate landscapes. People use them all the time, leaving their energy and memories behind. It's what's…
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Perhaps most intriguing of all is that it is possible to photograph what is impossible for the human eye to see -…
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Nothing is ever the same twice because everything is always gone forever, and yet each moment has infinite photographic possibilities.
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