If you can't make the image bigger or more important than what you see, then don't push the button
Ruth BernhardIf you are not passionately devoted to an idea, you can make very pleasant pictures but they won't make you cry.
Ruth BernhardI expect photographs to find me. I never thought of looking for them. I instinctively put them there. My intellect had nothing to do with it.
Ruth BernhardEvery day I am aware of the flow and constant change; perhaps I am at the edge of discovering what more our bodies might be able to teach about the spirit of life. At least, I am always exploring and trying to understand our relationship to the whole universe.
Ruth BernhardLight is my inspiration. My photographic images search for dimensions that words cannot touch- the result of intense responses to personal experiences. I do not wish to "record," but rather to touch upon the illusive meanings which I perceive and try to comprehend in this limitless universe.
Ruth Bernhard