In my photographic work I'm generally attracted to places that contain memories, history, atmospheres and stories. I'm interested in the places where people have lived, worked and played. I look for traces of the past, visual fingerprints, evidence of activities - they fire my imagination and connect into my own personal experiences. Using the analogy of the theater, I would say that I like to photograph the empty stage, before or after the performance, even in between acts. I love the atmosphere of anticipation, the feeling in the air that events have happened, or will happen soon.
The golden rule in the arts, as far as I am concerned, is that all rules are meant to be broken. - Michael Kenna
The golden rule in the arts, as far as I am concerned, is that all rules are meant to be broken.
- Michael Kenna
I don't have anything against colour. It is just not my first preference. I have always found black and white photographs to be quieter and more myst… - Michael Kenna
I don't have anything against colour. It is just not my first preference. I have always found black and white photographs to be quieter and more myst…
Perhaps most intriguing of all is that it is possible to photograph what is impossible for the human eye to see - cumulative time. - Michael Kenna
Perhaps most intriguing of all is that it is possible to photograph what is impossible for the human eye to see - cumulative time.
Getting photographs is not the most important thing. For me it's the act of photographing. It's enlightening, therapeutic and satisfying, because the… - Michael Kenna
Getting photographs is not the most important thing. For me it's the act of photographing. It's enlightening, therapeutic and satisfying, because the…
As a landscape photographer we should be open to possibilities, for one thing often leads to another. - Michael Kenna
As a landscape photographer we should be open to possibilities, for one thing often leads to another.
I often think of my work as visual haiku. It is an attempt to evoke and suggest through as few elements as possible rather than to describe with trem… - Michael Kenna
I often think of my work as visual haiku. It is an attempt to evoke and suggest through as few elements as possible rather than to describe with trem…
We see in colour all the time. Everything around us is in colour. Black and white is therefore immediately an interpretation of the world, rather tha… - Michael Kenna
We see in colour all the time. Everything around us is in colour. Black and white is therefore immediately an interpretation of the world, rather tha…
I believe that photographers should be passionate, determined, disciplined and ready to seek out their own styles and identities. - Michael Kenna
I believe that photographers should be passionate, determined, disciplined and ready to seek out their own styles and identities.
For me, the subtlety of black and white inspires the imagination of the individual viewer to complete the picture in the mind's eye. It doesn't attem… - Michael Kenna
For me, the subtlety of black and white inspires the imagination of the individual viewer to complete the picture in the mind's eye. It doesn't attem…
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