Mario Giacomelli
[Photographer, b. 1925, Senigallia, Italy, d. 2000, Senigallia.]
I try to photograph thoughts.
Vik Muniz
[Artist, b. 1961, Sao Paulo, Brazil, lives in New York.]
If you find an idea without form, please let me know because I would love to take a picture of it.
William Carlos Williams
[Writer and poet, b. 1883, Rutherford, New Jersey, d. 1963, Rutherford.]
No ideas but in things.
Duane Michals
[Photographer, b. 1932, McKeesport, Pennsylvania, lives in New York.]
What’s important to me is the idea. It doesn’t have to be a perfect, Ansel Adams,‘f64’ picture.
Walker Evans
[Photographer, b. 1903, St. Louis, Missouri, d. 1975, New Haven, Connecticut.]
I don’t think the essence of photography is it so much. The essence is done very quietly with a flash of the mind, and with a machine.
Nikki S. Lee
[Photographer, b. 1970, Kye-Chang, Korea, lives in New York.]
People think a big camera and big lighting will make art, and I want to break that rule. If you have a great concept, it can be art.
Charlotte Cotton
[Curator and author, b. 1981, Cotswolds, England, lives in London.]
The fault line is the idea, that if it is about an idea, having twelve doesn’t make them any better.
Terence Donovan
[Photographer, b. 1936, Stepney, England, d. 1996, London.]
A seven-bath developer is no substitute for thought.
