Photographers who come up with power never get accused of imitating anyone else even though they photograph the same broom, same street, same portraits.
Minor WhiteIf I have anything to give you through camera, it must be of myself. … A gnawing burns inside … to make something of myself worth giving.
Minor White...insight, vision, moments of revelation. During those rare moments something overtakes the man and he becomes the tool of a greater Force; the servant of, willing or unwilling depending on his degree of awakeness. The photograph, then, is a message more than a mirror, and the mans a messenger who happens to be a photographer.
Minor WhiteWatching the way the current moves a blade of grass - sometimes I've seen that happen and it has just turned me inside out.
Minor White