"I often think of my work as visual……" — Michael Kenna
"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 to describe with tremendous detail."
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11 Quotes by Michael Kenna
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The photographer Ruth Bernhard used to tell me that this is like asking somebody how they evolved their signature. It…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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The first time, I usually skim off the outer layer and end up with photographs that are fairly obvious. The…
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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,…
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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…
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Parks and gardens are the quintessential intimate landscapes. People use them all the time, leaving their energy and memories behind.…
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Perhaps most intriguing of all is that it is possible to photograph what is impossible for the human eye to…
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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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Dialectic thought is an attempt to break through the coercion of logic by its own means.
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