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MICHAEL KENNA

“EVERYONE’S A PHOTOGRAPHER Photography has been made much easier than it used to be. Everybody can do it, we all have phones now. Cameras will automatically expose; they will tell you everything so you don’t have to think about it. In a sense you can’t daydream, because a machine is telling you, “This is not normal. Make it normal.” 

I have a habit of getting lost. Everywhere, all the time. It’s a critical part of being a creative being that you allow yourself to go off on tangents and see where they lead. Sometimes they don’t go anywhere; most times they don’t. But you don’t know until you explore. ” Michael Kenna.

http://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/arts-music/article/2019362/michael-kenna-altar-boy-photographer

Two thoughts: 

*Michael Kenna is a fantastic Black and White photographer. His photos look so clean and candid. The square format cameras that he used made the images more interesting to me. There is almost a meditative feeling that I get from looking at his images, a serene fulfillment from his choice of subject and composition. The gray scale lets you focus on the contrast and details much cleaner.