The Way I See It
Tag: art
Soulful Photography
When you photograph people in color, you photograph their clothes.
But when you photograph people in Black and white, you photograph their souls!
- Ted Grant
Sometimes their souls are colorful too.
Creativity
You don’t make a photograph just with a camera.
You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen,
the books you have read, the music you have heard, the people you have loved.
– Ansel Adams
What is Photography?
To photograph: it is to put on the same line of sight the head, the eye, and the heart.
– Henri Cartier-Bresson
Photogravity
To consult the rules of composition before making a picture
is a little like consulting the law of gravitation before going for a walk.
- Edward Weston
Everything Changes
The best thing about a picture is that it never changes,
even when the people in it do.
- Andy Warhol
Captured for Eternity
A photograph can be an instant of life captured for eternity that will never cease looking back at you.
– Brigitte Bardot
What is Art?
A state of mind. It’s what you get in what you see.
Art is what we call the thing an artist does. It’s not the medium or the oil or the price or whether it hangs on a wall or you eat it. What matters, what makes it art, is that the person who made it overcame the resistance, ignored the voice of doubt and made something worth making. Something risky. Something human. Art is not in the eye of the beholder. It’s in the soul of the artist.
– Seth Godin
Camera as an Artist’s Tool
“For me, the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity.”
– Henri Cartier-Bresson
Intent and Interpretation
When I release my work into the world, I’m constantly amazed by how differently each viewer interprets and responds to the same image. I’ll create a photograph thinking it conveys one specific message, only to discover through feedback and conversations that recipients see layers of meaning I never intended. This disconnect fascinates me because it reveals how my art becomes a collaborative experience – I provide the visual foundation, but the viewer brings their own experiences, emotions, and cultural background to complete the narrative in their own mind.
I’ve learned that my graphic designs often serve as catalysts for conversations and decisions I never anticipated. A poster I created for a local event might inspire someone to volunteer for the first time, or an infographic I designed about mental health might give someone the courage to seek therapy. What strikes me is how recipients often take my visual work and extend it beyond its original purpose, using it as a springboard for personal growth or community action that far exceeds my initial intentions.
The most rewarding aspect of my practice is witnessing the delayed impact my work has on people’s lives. Recipients will reach out months or even years later to tell me how a particular image influenced a major life decision or helped them through a difficult period. These responses teach me that as an artist, I’m not just creating visual content – I’m contributing fragments to people’s personal narratives, providing them with visual tools they can return to when they need inspiration, comfort, or courage to see their world from a new angle.