The head of the photographer is more important than his camera
Interpretation
The creativity and vision of the photographer outweigh the technical quality of the equipment used.
This quote emphasizes the idea that the photographer's artistic mindset and skills are more crucial in capturing meaningful images than the gear they possess. It suggests that while technology can enhance photography, it is ultimately the vision and expression of the artist that brings a photograph to life.
In practice
In a photography workshop, one might use this quote to inspire participants to focus on their creative vision rather than just their equipment.
Of the thousands of people, celebrated and unknown, who have sat before my camera, I am often asked who was the most difficult subject, or the easiest, or which picture is my favorite. This last question is like asking a mother which child she likes the most
When you ask a person to jump, his attention is mostly directed toward the act of jumping and the mask falls so that the real person appears.
The word "photography" can be interpreted as "writing with light" or "drawing with light." Some photographers are producing beautiful photographs by drawing with light.. Some other photographers are trying to tell something with their photographs. They are writing with light.
I make the woman look at the camera as a symbol of all the eyes that will see the picture I am making.
I drifted into photography like one drifts into prostitution. First I did it to please myself, then I did it to please my friends, and eventually I did it for the money.
In a jump, the subject, in a sudden burst of energy, overcomes gravity. He cannot simultaneously control his expressions, his facial and his limb muscles. The mask falls. The real self becomes visible. One only has to snap it with the camera.
Movies are extremely imitative of one another. Whatever works, people will try to do it.
Poetry is adolescence fermented, and thus preserved.
New Jersey is the most poetic state: close enough to New York to be urban and cosmopolitan, far enough to be desirous and unsure; densely populated, but full of farms and woods, with the most deer of any state.
There is no reason why a serious film, one about life, can't be enjoyable, maybe even fun. Emotions can be very entertaining, you know. I try to use them generously in my films.
Surrealism comes from the reality of Latin America.
Acting is not a state of being ... but a state of appearing to be. You can't be eight times a week without going stark staring mad. You've got to be in control.
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