Kata Bijak dari Para Photographer

Photo speaks a thousand words begitulah kalimat yang sering kita dengar ataupun ucapkan sebagai fotografer. Sejak teknologinya dikembangkan pertama kali di Perancis telah lahir banyak fotografer-fotografer besar dunia. Tidak hanya oleh foto mereka yang berbicara, tapi juga oleh apa yang menjadi pikiran dan ucapan mereka. Teknologi boleh berubah tetapi pikiran dan kalimat bijaksana yang mereka ucapkan tidak lekang oleh waktu.

 

Berikut beberapa kata bijaksana tersebut yang saya kumpulkan dari beberapa sumber:

"The best images are the ones that retain their strength and impact over the years, regardless of the number of times they are viewed."

Anne Geddes

"Character, like a photograph, develops in darkness."

Yousuf Karsh

"Every other artist begins with a blank canvas, a piece of paper…the photographer begins with the finished product."

Edward Steichen

"If the background doesn’t work together with your main subject, you won’t have a good picture."

Mary Ellen Mark

"Within every man and woman a secret is hidden, and as a photographer it is my task to reveal it if I can."

Yousuf Karsh

"Light glorifies everything. It transforms and ennobles the most commonplace and ordinary subjects. The object is nothing, light is everything."

Leonard Missone

"I find the single most valuable tool in the darkroom is my trash can."

John Sexton

"There is a vast difference between taking a picture and making a photograph."

Robert Heinecken

"Which of the photographs is my favorite? The one I’m going to take tomorrow."

Imogen Cunningham

"Once the amateur’s naive approach and humble willingness to learn fade away, the creative spirit of good photography dies with it. Every professional should remain always in his heart an amateur"

Alfred Eisenstaedt

"I have often thought that if photography were difficult in the true sense of term-,meaning that the creation of a simple photograph would entail as much time and effort as the production of a good watercolor or etching-There would be a vast improvement.in total output. The sheer ease with which we can produce a superficial image often leads to creative disasters"

Ansel Adams

  

Secara pribadi beberapa kalimat tersebut berusaha terus saya ingat dan pahami berulang-ulang. Walaupun menempuh jalan berkelok-kelok dalam menekuni fotografi, kalimat tersebut akan selalu menjadi titik terang yang menunjukkan arah untuk berbuat lebih baik.