Every photograph is a self-portrait.
Arrows – © John Neel You are what you shoot. “I say to young photographers, ‘What in God’s name are you doing, taking a picture of a tree or a mountain? That’s crazy! What you should do is take a...
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Man – © John Neel “The image is what matters. How it gets to be what it is, might be called photography. It might be called something else. It only really matters if it works. By working, I believe it...
View ArticleBeauty and the Beast – Photography in the Modern World
Crow – © John Neel “The way I see it, especially with regard to the modern landscape, photography is no longer about finding the perfect image or capturing what is left of the beauty in the world....
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Couple – © John Neel “We look at the world and see what we have learned to believe is there. We have been conditioned to expect… but, as photographers, we must learn to relax our beliefs. …if you...
View ArticleThe framing of an image.
Abstract Reality – © John Neel “A photograph’s worth is in everything it frames.” To me, a photograph is similar to a quotation. It is the essence of an idea, as reasoning. It works as a kind of...
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