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Michael Kenna Quotes: I prefer to think of photography as a never ending journey with infinite possibilities. I love to return to places to re photograph. Nothing is ever the same. The options are endless.
         

I prefer to think of photography as a never ending journey with infinite possibilities. I love to return to places to re photograph. Nothing is ever the same. The options are endless.


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Nothing is ever the same twice because everything is always gone forever, and yet each moment has infinite photographic possibilities.

Nothing is ever the same twice because everything is always gone forever, and yet each moment has infinite photographic possibilities.



I often think of my work as visual haiku. It is an attempt to evoke and suggest through as few elements as possible rather than to describe with tremendous detail.

I often think of my work as visual haiku. It is an attempt to evoke and suggest through as few elements as possible rather than to describe with tremendous detail.



I gravitate towards places where humans have been and are no more, to the edge of man's influence, where the elements are taking over or covering man's traces.

I gravitate towards places where humans have been and are no more, to the edge of man's influence, where the elements are taking over or covering man's traces.



We see in colour all the time. Everything around us is in colour. Black and white is therefore immediately an interpretation of the world, rather than a copy.

We see in colour all the time. Everything around us is in colour. Black and white is therefore immediately an interpretation of the world, rather than a copy.



Perhaps most intriguing of all is that it is possible to photograph what is impossible for the human eye to see - cumulative time.

Perhaps most intriguing of all is that it is possible to photograph what is impossible for the human eye to see - cumulative time.



The golden rule in the arts, as far as I am concerned, is that all rules are meant to be broken.

The golden rule in the arts, as far as I am concerned, is that all rules are meant to be broken.



I believe that photographers should be passionate, determined, disciplined and ready to seek out their own styles and identities.

I believe that photographers should be passionate, determined, disciplined and ready to seek out their own styles and identities.



Parks and gardens are the quintessential intimate landscapes. People use them all the time, leaving their energy and memories behind. It's what's left behind that I like to photograph.

Parks and gardens are the quintessential intimate landscapes. People use them all the time, leaving their energy and memories behind. It's what's left behind that I like to photograph.



I don't have anything against colour. It is just not my first preference. I have always found black and white photographs to be quieter and more mysterious than those made in colour.

I don't have anything against colour. It is just not my first preference. I have always found black and white photographs to be quieter and more mysterious than those made in colour.



We all have choices and must make them for ourselves.

We all have choices and must make them for ourselves.





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