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elementor-element-1173407 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1173407\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>About me<\/strong>:<\/p><p>I&#8217;m a retired engineer.\u00a0 Some of my interests besides photography have been foreign affairs, music (clarinet, violin), cosmology, big history, motorcycles, hiking, skiing, scuba diving and ocean kayaking.\u00a0 I can be contacted by combining larry.adamache with @telus.net<\/p><p><strong>About photographic art<\/strong>:<\/p><p>Art is the product of craft and intuition\/imagination.\u00a0 Artistic merit is subjective and a matter of the opinion of the individual observer &#8211; not critics, judges or academics.\u00a0 You should view art like you listen to music.<\/p><p><strong>Minor White<\/strong>: &#8220;What usually destroys the experience of a photograph is to start criticizing it.&#8221;<\/p><p>&#8220;One should not only photograph things for what they are but for what else they are.&#8221;<\/p><p>\u201cWhen you approach something to photograph it, first be still with yourself until the object of your attention affirms your presence.&#8221;<\/p><p><strong>Edward Weston<\/strong>: &#8220;you can teach a student how to look, but not how to see&#8221;<\/p><p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t know a thing about the rules of composition &#8211; I make my own &#8211; composition is the clearest and strongest way of seeing a subject&#8221;<\/p><p>\u201cThis then: to photograph a rock, have it look like a rock, but be more than a rock.\u201d<\/p><p><strong>Imogen Cunningham:<\/strong> &#8220;I don\u2019t think there\u2019s any such thing as teaching people photography, other than influencing them a little. People have to be their own learners. They have to have a certain talent.\u201d<\/p><p><strong>Alfred Stieglitz:<\/strong> There is nothing so wrong as accepting a thing merely because men who have done things say it should be so.\u201d<\/p><p><strong>Paul Strand:<\/strong> \u201cAll good art is abstract in its structure.\u201d<\/p><p><strong>Ansel Adams:<\/strong> \u201cA true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words.\u201d<\/p><p><strong>Robert Adams:<\/strong> \u201cSilence is, after all, the context for the deepest appreciation of art: the only important evaluations are finally, personal, interior ones.\u201d<\/p><p><strong>Robert Mapplethorpe:\u00a0<\/strong> I always thought I was good. That\u2019s why it was so frustrating when other people didn\u2019t agree.\u201d<\/p><p><strong><em>Richard Benson:<\/em> <\/strong>\u201cI think there\u2019s a real problem because we overintellectualize the things we make as artists..\u201d<\/p><p><strong>Bill Brandt:<\/strong> &#8220;A feeling for composition is a great asset. I think it is very much a matter of instinct. It can perhaps be developed, but I doubt if it can be learned.\u201d &#8211; &#8220;Photography is not a sport. It has no rules.\u201d<\/p><p><strong>Eliot Porter:<\/strong> \u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s necessary to put your feelings about photography in words. I\u2019ve read things that photographers have written for exhibitions and so forth about their subjective feelings about photography and mostly I think it\u2019s disturbing. I think they\u2019re fooling themselves very often. They\u2019re just talking, they\u2019re not saying anything.\u201d<\/p><p><strong>Julia Margaret Cameron:<\/strong> \u201cWhat is focus and who has the right to say what focus is the legitimate focus?\u201d<br \/>\u201cMy aspirations are to ennoble Photography and to secure for it the character and uses of High Art by combining the Real and Ideal and sacrificing nothing of the Truth by all possible devotion to Poetry and Beauty. \u201d<\/p><p><strong>Sally Mann:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u201cLike all photographers, I depend on serendipity\u2026 I pray for what might be referred to as the angel of chance.\u201d<\/p><p><strong>W. Eugene Smith:<\/strong> \u201cAvailable light is any damn light that is available!\u201d<br \/>&#8220;I didn\u2019t write the rules. Why would I follow them?\u201d<\/p><p><strong>Diane Arbus:<\/strong> &#8220;I always thought of photography as a naughty thing to do \u2014 that was one of my favorite things about it, and when I first did it, I felt very perverse.\u201d<\/p><p><strong>Ruth Bernhard:<\/strong> &#8220;You have to follow your instinct all the time. Otherwise you don\u2019t make it.\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0\u201cI never question what to do, it tells me what to do. &#8220;The photographs make themselves with my help.\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0\u201cIf you are not willing to see more than is visible, you won\u2019t see anything.\u201d<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Larry Adamache<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Coldstream, BC, Canada<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photographic Art &#8211; Nature Photography HOME About Recent Collection Animals Birds1 Birds2 Garden Landscapes Mushrooms Other Portraits Water Wildflowers HOME About Recent Collection Animals Birds1 Birds2 Garden Landscapes Mushrooms Other Portraits Water Wildflowers About me: I&#8217;m a retired engineer.\u00a0 Some of my interests besides photography have been foreign affairs, music (clarinet, violin), cosmology, big history, motorcycles, hiking, skiing, scuba diving and ocean kayaking.\u00a0 I can be contacted by combining larry.adamache with @telus.net About photographic art: Art is the product of craft and intuition\/imagination.\u00a0 Artistic merit is subjective and a matter of the opinion of the individual observer &#8211; not critics, judges or academics.\u00a0 You should view art like you listen to music. Minor White: &#8220;What usually destroys the experience of a photograph is to start criticizing it.&#8221; &#8220;One should not only photograph things for what they are but for what else they are.&#8221; \u201cWhen you approach something to photograph it, first be still with yourself until the object of your attention affirms your presence.&#8221; Edward Weston: &#8220;you can teach a student how to look, but not how to see&#8221; &#8220;I don&#8217;t know a thing about the rules of composition &#8211; I make my own &#8211; composition is the clearest and strongest way of seeing a subject&#8221; \u201cThis then: to photograph a rock, have it look like a rock, but be more than a rock.\u201d Imogen Cunningham: &#8220;I don\u2019t think there\u2019s any such thing as teaching people photography, other than influencing them a little. People have to be their own learners. They have to have a certain talent.\u201d Alfred Stieglitz: There is nothing so wrong as accepting a thing merely because men who have done things say it should be so.\u201d Paul Strand: \u201cAll good art is abstract in its structure.\u201d Ansel Adams: \u201cA true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words.\u201d Robert Adams: \u201cSilence is, after all, the context for the deepest appreciation of art: the only important evaluations are finally, personal, interior ones.\u201d Robert Mapplethorpe:\u00a0 I always thought I was good. That\u2019s why it was so frustrating when other people didn\u2019t agree.\u201d Richard Benson: \u201cI think there\u2019s a real problem because we overintellectualize the things we make as artists..\u201d Bill Brandt: &#8220;A feeling for composition is a great asset. I think it is very much a matter of instinct. It can perhaps be developed, but I doubt if it can be learned.\u201d &#8211; &#8220;Photography is not a sport. It has no rules.\u201d Eliot Porter: \u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s necessary to put your feelings about photography in words. I\u2019ve read things that photographers have written for exhibitions and so forth about their subjective feelings about photography and mostly I think it\u2019s disturbing. I think they\u2019re fooling themselves very often. They\u2019re just talking, they\u2019re not saying anything.\u201d Julia Margaret Cameron: \u201cWhat is focus and who has the right to say what focus is the legitimate focus?\u201d\u201cMy aspirations are to ennoble Photography and to secure for it the character and uses of High Art by combining the Real and Ideal and sacrificing nothing of the Truth by all possible devotion to Poetry and Beauty. \u201d Sally Mann:\u00a0 \u201cLike all photographers, I depend on serendipity\u2026 I pray for what might be referred to as the angel of chance.\u201d W. Eugene Smith: \u201cAvailable light is any damn light that is available!\u201d&#8220;I didn\u2019t write the rules. Why would I follow them?\u201d Diane Arbus: &#8220;I always thought of photography as a naughty thing to do \u2014 that was one of my favorite things about it, and when I first did it, I felt very perverse.\u201d Ruth Bernhard: &#8220;You have to follow your instinct all the time. Otherwise you don\u2019t make it.\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0\u201cI never question what to do, it tells me what to do. &#8220;The photographs make themselves with my help.\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0\u201cIf you are not willing to see more than is visible, you won\u2019t see anything.\u201d \u00a0 Larry Adamache Coldstream, BC, Canada \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_canvas","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-76","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/larryadamache.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/76","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/larryadamache.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/larryadamache.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/larryadamache.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/larryadamache.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/larryadamache.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/76\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2170,"href":"https:\/\/larryadamache.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/76\/revisions\/2170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/larryadamache.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}