Simplicity

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 ”From the moment the creative photographer picks up his camera, he is entering into a new relationship with the world around him. Henceforth, nothing will be commonplace or taken for granted. He becomes dedicated to finding what is meaningful beneath surface reality and searching for what lies beyond the facade of appearances. A photographer shows us a record of what was seen at the time of exposure but the creative photographer reveals to us what could not be seen or understood before. Reality, the visual world about him, is his domain but it is not easy. For “reality” is a visual fantasy of millions of forces at work in a constant state of flux and agitation. It is in this overwhelming kaleidoscope of mountains, garbage, chairs, people, time and valleys that he must find order and reason. What the creative photographer finds significant in reality depends on the dictates of his own unique vision and his understanding of life.” 

-Louis Stettner, Wisdom Cries Out in the Streets, 1999