A blog about photography in Los Angeles and the west coast in general.
Monday, June 14, 2010
Quote of the Week - Robert Adams
"I remember one working through more than a hundred drafts of a four-paragraph statement for a catalogue, all to find something that would just keep out of the way of the pictures."
- Robert Adams
Bonus quote (also Adams):
"Or as Robert Frost told a person who asked him what one of his poems meant, 'You want me to say it worse?'"
There was this great interview I saw once with David Lynch where he bemoaned being asked to explain his films after a screening. He said there's nothing else to say beyond what he put in the film. "You just saw it. That's it." I paraphrase, but along the lines of: If you want to see someone talking about the film, you should film that and have the film be an hour longer to include the talking about the film.
The idea behind this blog is driven by my perceived lack of community for photographers and enthusiasts in Los Angeles. The photography scene seems quite fragmented compared to New York, which is where the title comes from. New Yorkers are blessed with an established community and resources that us Angelenos are just going to have to create for ourselves. I hope for this blog to become a way for us to do just that - network, keep up to date on photo related happenings, and grow our community into one that promotes photography in the region. After all, we can shoot too.
4 comments:
"Or as Robert Frost told a person who asked him what one of his poems meant, 'You want me to say it worse?'"
One of my favourite lines from Why People Photograph!
That's exactly where I got it from :)
There was this great interview I saw once with David Lynch where he bemoaned being asked to explain his films after a screening. He said there's nothing else to say beyond what he put in the film. "You just saw it. That's it." I paraphrase, but along the lines of: If you want to see someone talking about the film, you should film that and have the film be an hour longer to include the talking about the film.
Yes Yes Yes. Amazing quotes - thank you.
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