Duane Michals Trying Quotations

I often try to photograph things about a person that are not visible.

Photographers tend not to photograph what they can’t see, which is the very reason one should try to attempt it. Otherwise we’re going to go on forever just photographing more faces and more rooms and more places. Photography has to transcend description. It has to go beyond description to bring insight into the subject, or reveal the subject, not as it looks, but how does it feel?

Don’t try to be an artist. Find the thing within you that needs to be expressed. You might find it is art.