Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Pondering Reality


“Perhaps the world was actually different
from the one I had begun to perceive.
Every man who had ever lived became a
contributor to the evolution of the earth,
since his observations were a part of its growth.
The world was thus a place entirely constructed
from thought, ever changing, constantly
renewing itself through the process of
mankind’s pondering its reality for themselves.”

James Cowan (1942 - )

Monday, March 14, 2016

The Photographer's Relationship to the World


“It is the mystery and splendor 
of photography that the
essence of the art has little to do 
with photography itself. 

The making of the picture 
is simple and quick.

The hard part is everything else:
the whole of the photographer's 
relationship to the world.” 

Chief Curator of the Dept. of Photography
Museum of Modern Art, New York
(commenting on Henri Cartier-Bresson in