Me ne vado in vacanza, a brevissimo: un po’ meno computer, qualche bella dormita e visi familiari…prima però vi lascio con una citazione di Avedon che in senso lato tratta il tema. “I believe in maniacs. I believe in type As. I believe that you’ve got to love your work so much that it is [...]
(ENG) The imagination is not a State: it is the Human existence itself (IT) L’immaginazione non è uno stato mentale: è l’esistenza umana stessa 0
“Taking photographs is a means of understanding which cannot be separated from other means of visual expression. It is a way of shouting, of freeing oneself, not of proving or asserting one`s own originality. It is a way of life” 0
Love me one time, baby Yeah, my knees got weak But love me two times, girl! 0
“Reality offers us such wealth that we must cut some of it out on the spot, simplify. The question is, do we always cut out what we should? While we’re working, we must be conscious of what we’re doing. Sometimes we have the feeling that we’ve taken a great photo, and yet we continue to [...]
[Lt. Col. Frank Slade is speaking in defense of Charlie Simms at meeting at the Baird School] Now I have come to the cross-roads in my life. I always knew what the right path was. Without exception, I knew, but I never took it. You know why? It was too damn hard. Now here’s Charlie. [...]
In vena di citazioni “video”… Spero abbiate visto il film di Michelangelo Antonioni del 1966, Blow Up.Io l’ho visto solo di recente su suggerimento dell’amico Andrea. Ecco una delle scene più famose.Enjoy! 0
Erano gli anni della contestazione…e questo era Lucio. 0
“It’s important to understand it’s ok to control the subject. If most editorial stories were photographed just as they are, editors would end up throwing most in the waste basket. You have to work hard at making an editorial picture. You need to re-stage things, rearrange things so that they work for the story, with [...]
When the sitting is over, I feel kind of embarrassed about what we’ve shared. It’s so intense. Snapshots that have been taken of me working show something I was not aware of at all, that over and over again I’m holding my own body or my own hands exactly like the person I’m photographing. I [...]