Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Words of Wisdom by HCB


I want to share with you this very interesting and enlightening interview with Henri Cartier Bresson, in my opinion one of the masters.
You will see how his concepts differ from what many photographer today, both professionals and amateurs, have as a guide line as how they should approach photography.
For example I would like to quote this very interesting concept on limiting yourself on the number of  exposures per image. Henri Cartier Bresson said the less the number of exposures you did the better, for the excess of images confuses your mind and gets you further away from your original concept.

We must avoid however, snapping away, too quickly and without a thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.
HCB

If you think about this concept for a while it makes a lot of sense in the way this philosophy also applies to your creative process.

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