Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Paul Strand Documentary

Today I am re watching a Paul Strand documentary called "Strand Underneath The Dark Cloth", this is the 4 or 5th time I have watched the film. It starts out with a wonderful quote from Strand, something I posted back in 2011.

Quote: Paul Strand 


"The important thing is you have to have something to say about the world."


"Find out what it is you have to say and make it work in a rectangular space."
This seems so on the mark to me, that is what photography is about, the need to have something to say about the world. I need to explore my feelings, and say what I want to say through my "Common Lives" series, it will be my view of the world, my say on things.