I can think of no greater honor nor privilege than to have lived a life surrounded by images and the amazing individuals who create them and share them with us.įor me it began with this fear of myself as a hermit and a search for a tool that would put me in a position to have to be out engaging with the world everyday. Photographers are the dedicated, passionate and sometimes half-crazy individuals who are willing to give their lives, too often quite literally, to show us what needs to be seen, what needs to be known. Photography is the universal language that speaks to the heart.
They can also change behavior, stimulate understanding and create a sense of urgency that will move people to action. Images can keep the memory of a loved one alive, hold a moment in history for future generations, be a witness to tragedy or joy. In a deeply personal way I feel an image is a poem about time, about “staying the moment.” Photography can defeat time. It has been the way that I have experienced much of the world.
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I have spent my entire professional life creating, editing, critiquing or teaching photography and working with photographers. Sarah Leen, Director of Photography, National Geographic It is my way of saying this is another way of seeing me. Every picture I take asks the questions, “Who am I and what is my role here on this earth?” It is my way of seeing. My photography is first and foremost a catalyst or reason to motive human action. I wish that every image I photograph reexamines and redefines the image of the black man, the black woman, and the black child. How does one define what a “cause” is? According to Webster, it is “a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result the producer of an effect.” I shoot because I find peace in being especially active, and being a vigorous advocate for a cause. I shoot because if I don’t, I don’t know who will. Photographers teach us to look again, look harder. When they direct our eyes and hearts with precision and honesty, we know what we know differently and better.
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They call our attention to the things we miss in our everyday lives and they call our attention to events and people at a great distance from our own patch of the universe. They are the witnesses and artists who can distill the mayhem and beauty that surrounds us. They are the ones who sort all the chaos of the world into images that bring clarity to the free-for-all of life. It is for this reason that we need photographers. A great photographer’s strings never go out of tune. Weightless, they turn the scale when the argument is: What happened here? Images don’t age or warp. Everyone has hundreds, maybe thousands in their pocket. Photographs are the universal language of our era. For Christmas, my Mother wants each of her five children to take an individual photo that will then be merged by a professional photo editor into one single photo with a nice background.Kathy Ryan, Director of Photography, the New York Times Magazine
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