#8 “My portraits are more about me than they are about the people I photograph.” ~Richard Avedon.
I agree up until the point that the photographer is owner of the camera and he knows how to wield it in order to portray specifically something. It's the camera man who knows what he wants and where he wants it, so it's only natural that every portrait will stare back at the audience with the eyes that the camera man placed on.
#9 “You don't take a photograph, you make it.” ~Ansel Adams
I agree on this on may levels. First of all I think that no matter how spontaneous the moment you snapped, the photograph is not. It requires the photographer to frame, think on lighting, bracketing, levels, ISO and many other technicalities that bring on the exquisite taste on art. It's the search for this that makes a photography.
#10 “All photographs are there to remind us of what we forget. In this - as in other ways - they are the opposite of paintings. Paintings record what the painter remembers. Because each one of us forgets different things, a photo more than a painting may change its meaning according to who is looking at it.” ~John Berger
I agree and at the same time, I do not agree.
I do believe that photography is there to remind us of the things that we forget, because there are so many elements imbued in the artistic crafting that definitively gives a lot of sense to the audience of a photo and to the creator.
However, me being practiced painting and drawing in the past (and considering myself a creative artist) I have found that it doesn't matter how abstract or difficult is the painting, the audience will be remembered of something and the author again, will remember and give a specific on why he painted this, or why he used the colors or what he wanted to convey.
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