Studying the master painters has taught me a lot about light and making a sculpture taught me a lot about the power of the message: the more I take away from the block, the more I’m adding.  To me, a body of work is like the human body.  It has three elements that I believe to be most essential.  First, it should have very strong bones – able to stand on its own.  Second, it should have a distinct and clear voice in order to communicate impeccably.  That voice should be able to create the intellectual connection and emotional depth necessary within peoples’ hears, minds and souls.  Third, it should have a strong heart to pump blood all the way to one’s fingertips – to pump life all the way to the corners of one’s art.

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Photographers must be intoxicated with their subject and dive into its universe.  That’s the only way the viewer will be able to see and feel the work.  When you believe strongly in something, you stop creating art and start releasing art.  It’s all about the will, not only the skill.

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As I read more and more about photography in particular and art in general, I come across quotations that resonate.  This series of posts will be used to pass these along.