More Than a Rock

27Of and About

A thing is not what you say it is or what you photograph it to be or what you paint it to be or what you sculpt it to be. Words, photographs, paintings, and sculptures are symbols of what you see, think, and feel things to be, but they are not the things themselves.

—Wynn Bullock

Shortly before his death, and after an illustrious career, photographer Minor White was asked what he thought of the work being done by budding photographers, and whether there were any trends he found interesting or was critical of. His response was this: “There’s no particular class of photograph that I think is any better than any other class. I’m always and forever looking for the image that has spirit! I don’t give a damn how it got made.” As I read ...