I made 10 times as many images as the other students," he says of the early years. "I destroyed all those negatives except a few. I did it as a reminder that you can't afford to waste time: take it seriously.
Emmet GowinThe picture is like a prayer, an offering, and hopefully an opening through which to seek what we don't know, or already know and should take seriously.
Emmet GowinI need to say to you. There are things in your life that only you will see, stories that only you will hear. If you donโt tell them or write them down, if you donโt make the picture, these things will not be seen, these things will not be heard.
Emmet Gowin