Aphorisms 8 - 20 July 2009

1

Without a camera you must be the most thoughtful, well read, cultured person you know. With a camera, you’re a dumb, pointing, drooling hick.

2

Photographers are like ex-girlfriends, thoughtful and calm one moment, and full of violent reactive action the next.

3

Photography is diarrhoea.

4

Photography says far less than words ever can. It is more ambiguous, more uncertain, and far more insecure. It can’t get inside someone’s head, build complex theories, or directly quote others. Thank god for photography.

5

For a photographer, settling somewhere is to be dying there.

6

To those who are ruing this modern age of technical ease, image clarity and anodyne detail: you’re still a mess, start snapping.

7

The best training for a photographer is the Karate Kid.

8

In a picture, how can you tell if someone is knifing someone or pulling a knife out? You can’t. Don’t get knifed with a photographer around. Call your local film school.


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© Adnan Chowdhury 2009