My way of photographing is my way of life. I photograph from my experience, my way of seeing things.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the deep connection between an artist's perspective and their work.
Sebastiao Salgado's quote reflects the intrinsic relationship between personal experience and artistic expression. He suggests that art, particularly photography in his case, is shaped by individual perception and life experiences, making it a unique reflection of one's worldview and emotional depth. By photographing through his own lens of experience, he captures not just images but the essence of life as he sees it.
In practice
This quote could be used in a photography class to inspire students to capture their own unique view of the world.
I have a way to photograph. You work with space, you have a camera, you have a frame, and then a fraction of a second. It's very instinctive. What you do is a fraction of a second, it's there and it's not there. But in this fraction of a second comes your past, comes your future, comes your relation with people, comes your ideology, comes your hate, comes your love - all together in this fraction of a second, it materializes there.
As in any person's life, there have been difficult moments: I have a son with Down's syndrome; through my photography, I have witnessed all manner of human degradation. But there have also been very happy moments.
There are moments that you suffer a lot, moments you won't photograph. There are some people you like better than others. But you give, you receive, you cherish, you are there. When you are really there, you know when you see the picture later what you are seeing.
So many times I've photographed stories that show the degradation of the planet. I had one idea to go and photograph the factories that were polluting, and to see all the deposits of garbage. But, in the end, I thought the only way to give us an incentive, to bring hope, is to show the pictures of the pristine planet - to see the innocence.
In the end, the only heritage we have is our planet, and I have decided to go to the most pristine places on the planet and photograph them in the most honest way I know, with my point of view, and of course it is in black and white, because it is the only thing I know how to do.
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