For me, the creation of a photograph is experienced as a heightened emotional response, most akin to poetry and music, each image the culmination of a compelling impulse I cannot deny. Whether working with a human figure or a still life, I am deeply aware of my spiritual connection with it. In my life, as in my work, I am motivated by a great yearning for balance and harmony beyond the realm of human experience, reaching for the essence of oneness with the Universe.
Woman has been the target of much that is sordid and cheap, especially in photography. To raise, to elevate, to endorse with timeless reverence the i… - Ruth Bernhard
Woman has been the target of much that is sordid and cheap, especially in photography. To raise, to elevate, to endorse with timeless reverence the i…
- Ruth Bernhard
It is so basic. A human being is an innocent part of nature. Our civilization has distorted this universal quality that allows us to feel at home in … - Ruth Bernhard
It is so basic. A human being is an innocent part of nature. Our civilization has distorted this universal quality that allows us to feel at home in …
Remember God likes us best when we are flying by the seats of our pants. - Ruth Bernhard
Remember God likes us best when we are flying by the seats of our pants.
If you are not passionately devoted to an idea, you can make very pleasant pictures but they won't make you cry. - Ruth Bernhard
If you are not passionately devoted to an idea, you can make very pleasant pictures but they won't make you cry.
The ground we walk on, the plants and creatures, the clouds above constantly dissolving into new formations - each gift of nature possessing its own … - Ruth Bernhard
The ground we walk on, the plants and creatures, the clouds above constantly dissolving into new formations - each gift of nature possessing its own …
For me, the creation of a photograph is experienced as a heightened emotional response, most akin to poetry and music, each image the culmination of … - Ruth Bernhard
For me, the creation of a photograph is experienced as a heightened emotional response, most akin to poetry and music, each image the culmination of …
What the human eye sees is an illusion of what is real. The black and white image transforms illusions into another reality. - Ruth Bernhard
What the human eye sees is an illusion of what is real. The black and white image transforms illusions into another reality.
Light is my inspiration. My photographic images search for dimensions that words cannot touch- the result of intense responses to personal experience… - Ruth Bernhard
Light is my inspiration. My photographic images search for dimensions that words cannot touch- the result of intense responses to personal experience…
There is no such thing as taking too much time, because your soul is in that picture. - Ruth Bernhard
There is no such thing as taking too much time, because your soul is in that picture.
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