To take a photograph is to align the head, the eye and the heart. It’s a way of life. – Henri Cartier-Bresson
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© 2012 bogdan. All rights reserved.
© 2012 bogdan. All rights reserved.
Prin lumea aievelor, cântecul Evelor (VI)
To shoot poignant pictures we only need follow the path of our enthusiasm. I believe that this feeling is the universe’s way of telling us that we are doing the right thing. The viewing public will always disagree over the … Continue reading
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Prin lumea aievelor, cântecul Evelor (V)
The first 10 000 shots are the worst. – Helmut Newton
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Top ten reasons to date a photographer
1) They work well in the dark. 2) They’re used to funny smells. 3) They make things develop. 4) They work well on many settings. 5) They know how to focus. 6) They can make big things look small and … Continue reading
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Sf. Ioșenia Sa și (In)Certitudinea Sa
cu Oana. “Pictures, regardless of how they are created and recreated, are intended to be looked at. This brings to the forefront not the technology of imaging, which of course is important, but rather what we might call the eyenology … Continue reading
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Băsesciană II
I’m not a great believer in the power of the moving image. A still image has greater lasting power. A still photographer has to show the whole fucking movie in one picture. On the screen, it’s over and back in … Continue reading
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Untitled (on the street) V
“Shoot shoot shoot.” – Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist David Hume Kennerly, asked for an advice by a young photographer
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Untitled (on the street) IV
“The single most important component of a camera is the twelve inches behind it.” – Ansel Adams talking about the artist’s eye, patience and skill makes an image, and not his tools (a friendly reminder to techno-freaks)
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Untitled (on the street) II
A studio session … provides the greatest chance for control. [But] even though there is total freedom, I still dislike studio photography and the contrived images that usually stem from this genre. – Eve Arnold, Great Images of the 20th … Continue reading
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Untitled (on the street)
Let the subject generate its own photographs. Become a camera. – Minor White