I thought I posted this but I accidently left it as a draft..... better late then never?
“I believe in the imagination. What I cannot see is infinitely more important than what I can see.” Duane Michals
I like this quote because it emphasizes the importance of creativity. So much of the world is consumed on what they can see feel and touch, which can sometimes restrict us creatively. Michals appeals and challenges artists to focus on the unknown rather than relying on sight.
“Photography can only represent the present. Once photographed, the subject becomes part of the past.” Berenice Abbott
Abbott has an interesting opinion on the permanency of photographs. She states that once the photo has been taken it immediately becomes part of the past. I agree with Abbott, though photos can attempt to be recreated it is difficult/near impossible to take the same photo twice. In class, we have been asked to make a recreation of a memory. Though images are similar to the time period they are referring to, they tend to not emulate the memory to the fullest. Photos are past after they have been captured, that's what makes photography so unique - it can capture time.
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce somebody's face in a photograph. The magic is in seeing people in new ways.” Duane Michals
Michals has direct view of what art and photography should be. He wants the photo to have a purpose to it. He wants the artwork to affect the person who views it by enlightening them in some way.
I disagree with Michals. I think that art always has an effect on someone. I don’t think that art can necessarily be something everyone already knows. To each his own when it comes to art. What one person gets out of an image another may get something completely different. So the art he complains about is nonexistent.
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