I'm a rewriter. That's the part I like best . . . once I have a pile of paper to work with, it's like having the pieces of a puzzle. I just have to put the pieces together to make a picture.
Judy BlumeRead
I always considered, with every shoot, I was on trial; every time I pick up my camera and start out on the relationship, I am at degree zero. There is no coasting.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Every photo shoot is an opportunity to prove oneself and start anew, without any complacency.
Douglas Kirkland emphasizes the importance of approaching each photography session with a fresh perspective, as if starting from scratch. He likens each shoot to being on trial, suggesting that complacency has no place in the creative process, and that every moment spent behind the camera is an opportunity to redefine and challenge one's skills and artistic vision.
Themes
PhotographyCreativityArtistic ProcessChallengeFresh StartGrowth
In practice
Example use cases
Using this quote during a photography workshop to inspire participants to embrace the learning process.
Similar quotes
A poet is the creator of the nation around him, he gives them a world to see and has their souls in his hand to lead them to that world.
Johann Gottfried HerderRead
White... is not a mere absence of colour; it is a shining and affirmative thing, as fierce as red, as definite as black... God paints in many colours; but He never paints so gorgeously, I had almost said so gaudily, as when He paints in white.
Gilbert K. ChestertonRead
Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn.
Thomas GrayRead
Dressing well is a form of good manners.
Tom FordRead
Acting: An art which consists of keeping the audience from coughing.
Ralph RichardsonRead