Brief – Read around the photographers above and try to track down some of the quotations. Find a photograph from your personal archive that illustrates one of the aesthetic codes.
Ansel Adams (American photographer), was born February 20th 1902, and died April 22nd 1984. He was the most important landscape photographer of the 20th century. The popularity of his work has only increased since his death.
Quotations from Ansel Adams –
– “I found that while the camera does not express the soul, perhaps photograph can!”
– “There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy object”
– “There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs”
– “Not everyone believes paintings, but people believe photographs”
– “A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, what is being photographed”
Faye Godwin, born on February 17th 1931, was a British photographer best known for her black and white images of the British countryside. Her interest in photography began relatively late in life at the age of 35. She had no formal training, honing her skills by taking snaps of her family.
Fay Godwin Quotes –
– “You can’t expect to take a definitive image in half an hour. It takes days, often years”
– “The viewer must bring their own view to a photograph”
– “I don’t believe there is such a thing as a definitive picture of something. The land is a living, breathing thing, and light changes it’s character every second of every day. That’s why I love it so much”
– “Look at lots of exhibitions and books, and don’t get hung up on cameras and technical things. Photography is about images”
– “I have always loved reading, so was interested in the literary world, and took many literary portraits”
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