Photojournalism in The Bahamas.
“A journalistic photographer should give the readers a window on the world. I’ve always thought the idea was to show the readers something that they wouldn’t ordinarily see –to give them insights into the way other people live and to make them think…”
Reflections about life in photojournalism…
“To take photographs means to recognize - simultaneously and within a fraction of a second - both the fact itself and the rigorous organization of visually perceived forms that give it meaning. It is putting one’s head, one’s eye and one’s heart on the same axis.”
“The wise man knows how to run his life so that contemplation is Possible.”
Gabriel Marcel
“All too often, we delude ourselves into believing that by simply focusing a live camera on an event, and dropping in the occasional ad lib, we are committing journalism. We’re not. Journalism requires context and prioritizing. It entails separating the wheat from the chaff. What is deliberately left out of a news story is every bit as important as what is left in. Events don’t happen in a vacuum. That’s why we provide context.”
Ted Koppel
“A free press can, of course, be good or bad, but, most certainly without freedom, the press will never be anything but bad.”
Albert Camus
“The single most important component of a camera is the twelve inches behind it."
Ansel Adams
“Life must be understood backwards; but… it must be lived forward.”
Soren Kierkegaard
