Cosmic Jam (tour 1995, DVD 2005, 2006)
“Who sees the human face correctly: the photographer, the mirror, or the painter?”
“There are two people in every photograph: the photographer and the viewer”
“There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.”
Attributed to Adams in E.T. Schoch (2002), The Everything Digital Photography Book (2002) p. 105
In an interview with Okwui Enwezor, as quoted in "The Camera Is Not a Machine Gun" http://designobserver.com/article.php?id=10557, Fred Ritchin, 1998
“I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions. Quoted in”
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/man-ray/prophet-of-the-avant-garde/510/ PBS episode of American Masters
Context: I would never apologize for photographing rocks. Rocks can be very beautiful. But, yes, people have asked why I don’t put people into my pictures of the natural scene. I respond, “There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.” That usually doesn’t go over at all.
TV Series and Specials (Includes DVDs), Trick of the Mind (2004–2006)
