Last week I was given the opportunity to photograph an ‘ancient’ stone carving for the purpose of evaluation by experts in antiquities. Working with this object, arranging light to bring out its form, color and texture without exaggeration, proved a challenge. With each failed attempt I learned more about this beautiful object and the light […]
Monthly Archives: September 2008
Indian Summer Festival
“No matter what you talk about in life there seems to be a scale: left to right, top to bottom, right to wrong. I can now add a new one… journalism to design. These are the two ends of the scale that I exist in as a photographer. At one extreme my work is pure […]
“Give a man color film …sooner or later you’ll catch him in the garden…
“Fashion, flowers, nudes and portraits — they’re all the same: light, form, color. And mystery. And mystery is very important. When I started photographing flowers, I thought, ‘My God, where have I been?’ I’m totally addicted to this project. I’d never seen the mysteries of a flower. We walk by wonders every day and don’t […]
A straight photograph cannot be abstract
“They are imbeciles who call my work abstract. That which they call abstract is the most realistic, because what is real is not the exterior but the idea, the essence of things. When you see a fish you don’t think of its scales, do you? You think of its speed, its floating, flashing body seen […]
Careless time
some days people flock to the edge where water meets sand they sculpt, toss things back and forth, and mingle with birds A dad, sculpting sand on the beach with his daughter, Mia, said to me, “It’s all about the kids.” I think, perhaps, it’s all about returning to childhood for a brief, careless time. […]