Make it! Don’t Take it!

When people find out what I do, they say: “You take pictures, don’t you?” And I always reply: “No. I don’t take anything! I MAKE photographs.” My photography improved instantly once I adopted the attitude that I was “making” a photograph. Suddenly, I was more aware of what I was creating. I instantly began to have more control over the nature and quality of my photographs. “NEVER let the camera have the last word.” What I mean by that is this: the images you get straight from the camera are just ingredients, they are just fast food, they are unfinished as far as I am concerned. The camera gives you the cake, but the cake needs icing before serving.

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