23 DEC 05
[part two]


180. Suddenly, looking into my camera, he started talking. He spoke of his despair. The spell of this moment almost paralyzed me. Then, with an effort, I released the shutter of my camera. 196. I do not deplore success. My photographs at best hold only a small strength.

My photographs at best hold only a small strength, but through them I would suggest and criticize and illuminate and try to give compassionate understanding. Passion, yes, as passion is in all great searches. Take note of the values around you. And wade awhile, this question in thought.

198. Voodoo, the wealthy, hospitals, and an insane asylum are just some examples. A sad sad neighbor. 228. I photograph to see what things look like photographed. 246. I really don't care what my father looked like. 262. Camera in Latin means chamber or room. They let me take down the curtains.

They let me take down curtains, wash the windows, and rearrange the furniture. Often, too, they expressed desire to share their view with others. 270. In the box is darkness. The image reveals itself to me. It is my gift. A gift for the effort I am making.

302. A lamp in my work might make you think of a police interrogation, but it's also religious, like a candle. I chose the Swiss because they have no history. The Swiss have no reason to die, so they could be anyone and everyone. 308. I am very much distant from what I see, this is my nature.

This is my nature. 310. How we live, how I live, how humans live together. 312. I learned photography in Mexico by looking, and after by doing some actions outside. What I am doing, how it ends up as a sign, is all about language, but sometimes it becomes a physical thing, sometimes it is just photography.

(source text: Photography Speaks, Brooks Johnson, ed.)

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