“For more than a few current practitioners, the advantages of identifying themselves as artists rather than photographers can be summed up as a six-word hustle: Print bigger, sell less for more.”
— Geoff Dyer, from ‘Working the Room’
— Geoff Dyer, from ‘Working the Room’
… the sixteenth-century Japanese swordfighter Miyamoto Musashi counselled,
“Never have a favourite weapon.” Warriors know they need to enlarge their arsenal of skills in order to avoid becoming predictable to their adversaries.
[…] A photographer who can work with both small- and large-format cameras, in a controlled studio and outside in the real world, has exponentially enlarged his potential for developing his career.
”— Twyla Tharp, The Creative Habit
This is the work of Cyrille Weiner, who I know nothing about but who has many fantastic images on his website.
via Hippolyte Bayard, which is also a very good site about photography.