Photography opens your eyes
Photography opens your eyes a little wider to the world around you. Bill Jay
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Photography opens your eyes a little wider to the world around you. Bill Jay
Why do photographers photograph? To make unreality visible. Bill Jay
I agree, intellectualism in photography is overrated. I just wish it could be replaced by common sense. Bill Jay
Discussions allow photographers to shuffle their prejudices Bill Jay
I’d like my coffin to be a camera obscura so I can see what’s going on outside. Bill Jay
When you can’t think of anything else, photograph graffiti, nudes, or plants. Bill Jay
Advice to artists: always take the opportunity to shut up. Bill Jay
I seem to walk in the world as two people. The normal everyday-me is as preoccupied, unobservant and oblivious to visual clues as I ever was. Then there is the photographer-me, the one who has a camera in hand and a specific project in mind, and then the world suddenly jumps to life with potential … Read more
If it is not an interesting picture when in focus, it is not going to be a better picture out of focus. Bill Jay
There are many reasons why photography does not attract the social and cultural attention it deserves. I would add one more which has received scant attention: it does not make a lot of noise. … Perhaps photography would be more appreciated if camera shutters fired with the sound of a .357 Magnum. Bill Jay