Wynn Bullock Quotes

I think that most art is asking a question or is looking for something, looking for answers and that is what life seems to be about for most people.

It was not until I was in my forties, in the fifth decade of my life, that the sense of place, the spirit of place, became of paramount importance to me. It was then that I began my travels, that I discovered, through photography, the quality of light, and that I gradually became able to paint the mood of place.

Photography gives you the opportunity to use your sensibility and everything you are to say something about and be part of the world around you. In this way, you might discover who you are, and with a little luck, you might discover something much larger than yourself.

I always thought of photography as a naughty thing to do - that was one of my favorite things about it, and when I first did it, I felt very perverse.

There's a lot of different things that make me want to take photos. A lot of it is, for a long time I've been obsessed with the thought of time travel with my camera.

I think I may just enjoy being behind the camera as much as I like being in front of it.

When a moment in front of me appears to be particularly special, whether it be by beauty or experience, I capture it. I usually find a reason to justify taking that photo - symmetry, or color, or contrast - and it's my hope that my photography sheds light onto what I see and do on a daily basis.

I travel, I read, I write, I have other lives. But when I have a camera, I know that's my country, my island.

Just as Renaissance artists provided narratives for the era they lived in, so do I. I'm always looking beyond the surface. I've done that ever since I first picked up a camera.

Some guys can run fast, some guys can sing, I found I could take photographs that people were interested in.

I went into photography because it seemed like the perfect vehicle for commenting on the madness of today's existence.

In a sense, I think a movie is really a little like a question and when you make it, that's when you get the answer.

When I have a camera in my hand, I know no fear.

I'm so drawn to photography because you can convey a complex story in a single frame.

Photography is a major force in explaining man to man.

I wish more people felt that photography was an adventure the same as life itself and felt that their individual feelings were worth expressing. To me, that makes photography more exciting.

I would drown in objects if I didn't have the ability to photograph them.

Photography to me is catching a moment which is passing, and which is true.

I always carry my camera with me.

One advantage of photography is that it's visual and can transcend language.

You know, the camera is not meant just to show misery.

Filmmaking is incredible introspective. It forces you to sort of examine yourself in new ways.

With photography, you zero in; you put a lot of energy into short moments, and then you go on to the next thing.

Video is freeing, but also lazier. You have to recreate the love of the moment.

Photography is a small voice, at best, but sometimes one photograph, or a group of them, can lure our sense of awareness.