Seeing the Essence
An
artistic statement:
There is more involved than just the mechanical
recording of an image through a lens. It becomes a three-way alchemy of a
sophisticated technical skill, an innate desire to make photographs under any
condition, and a sense of knowing when to search for the mood and essence
behind the physical image.
The subject must have a vibrant composition so it will
live. It has to inspire a thought. It has to communicate a statement, this is
spring, or this is fall, or this is love, or this is youth, or this is
conflict. The picture must show these moods with the subject as its star
performer.
My goal as a photojournalist is to portray these
physical traits as a living spirit then, the subject assumes that magical,
spiritual essence. Combined with the mood of the photograph, we then see past
the likeness into something more significant.
Willis Peterson, Photojournalist
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