At the incredible pace most of us live, the arrested image becomes of maximum necessity.
- Dennis Stock
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The similarity between Van Gogh, Haiku poetry, and good photography is the concern for mortality. That things are very fleeting, that there are people who are more sensitive to death than others. The threat of time is of great concern to them. And the camera is a very appropriate instrument for many.
- Dennis Stock
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Photography occurs more readily when the photographer relinquishes self-consciousness for a state of humility and childlike wonderment. Then, there is a greater freshness and purity in what you capture on film.
- Dennis Stock
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Art is a well-articulated manifestation of an aspect of life. I have been privileged to view much of life through my cameras, making the journey an enlightened experience. My emphasis has mainly been on affirmative reactions to human behavior and a strong attraction to the beauty in nature.
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My emphasis has mainly been on affirmative reactions to human behaviour and a strong attraction to the beauty in nature.
- Dennis Stock -
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You try to get spontaneous situations, and you also are obliged to create situations. It’s not uncommon among photographers.
- Dennis Stock
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Call it art or not, we photographers should always try to pass on our observations with the utmost clarity.
- Dennis Stock
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The goal for the photographer is be visually articulate.
- Dennis Stock
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