Cinema Quote by Minor White

“A very receptive state of mind... not unlike a sheet of film itself - seemingly inert, yet so sensitive that a fraction of a second's exposure conceives a life in it.” quote by Minor White — Download Open image

“A very receptive state of mind... not unlike a sheet of film itself - seemingly inert, yet so sensitive that a fraction of a second's exposure conceives a life in it.”

Minor White

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When you approach something to photograph it, first be still with yourself until the object of your attention affirms your presence. Then don't leave…

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Reaching a 'creative' state of mind thru positive action is considered preferable to waiting for 'inspiration'.

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In putting images together I become active, and excitement is of another order - synthesis overshadows analysis.

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Photographers who come up with power never get accused of imitating anyone else even though they photograph the same broom, same street, same portraits.

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Watching the way the current moves a blade of grass - sometimes I've seen that happen and it has just turned me inside out.

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Before he has seen the whole, how unusually perceptive and imaginative the person must be to evolve the entire sequence by meditating on its…

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Let the subject generate its own photographs. Become a camera.

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At first glance a photograph can inform us. At second glance it can reach us.

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