Abstract:
It is inevitably necessary for a photographer, as for a painter, to have a conception born
of emotions, or intellect, or both, before he can make an exposure.
This is what the art of photography is all about - interpreting, previsualising and
capturing our feelings on film. This means of expression can be revealing in so many
ways. It can be paradoxical, explicit, ironic, etc. and does not necessarily depend on
aesthetic beauty. A true artist is a person who tries to express that which is not normally
expressible and there should be no limits placed on his or her sources of expression.
The camera is only a technical means of artistically expressing what we feel. Edward
Steichen once said: " ... for it is the artist that creates a work of art not the medium. It is
the artist in photography that gives form to content by a distillation of ideas, thought,
experience, insight and understanding."
