Some Photographs Are Like A Chekhov Short

Culture Shock Is Often Felt Sharply At The Borders Between Countries, But Sometimes It Doesn't Hit Fully Until You've Been In A Place For A Long Time.

The Difference Between A Good Picture And A Mediocre Picture Is A Question Of Millimeters - Small, Small Differences - But It’s Essential. I Didn’t Think There Is Such A Big Difference Between Photographers. Very Little Difference. But It Is That Little Difference That Counts, Maybe

Photography Must Seize Upon This Moment And Hold Immobile The Equilibrium Of It. The Photographers Eye Is Perpetually Evaluating. A Photographer Can Bring Coincidence Of Line Simply By Moving His Head A Fraction Of A Millimeter. He Can Modify Perspectives By A Slight Bending Of The Knees. By Placing The Camera Closer To Or Farther From The Subject, He Draws A Detail — And It Can Be Subordinated, Or He Can Be Tyrannized By It.

Time Runs And Flows And Only Our Death Succeeds In Catching Up With It. Photography Is A Blade Which, In Eternity, Impales The Dazzling Moment.

Poetry Is The Essence Of Everything, And It’s Through Deep Contact With Reality And Living Fully That You Reach Poetry. Very Often I See Photographers Cultivating The Strangeness Or Awkwardness Of A Scene, Thinking It Is Poetry. No. Poetry Is Two Elements Which Are Suddenly Conflict — A Spark Between Two Elements. But It’s Given Very Seldom, And You Can’t Look For It. It’s Like If You Look For Inspiration. No, It Just Comes By Enriching Yourself And Living.