Pedro Meyer Professions : Photographer Born : October 6, 1935 Browse All Authors Top 8 quotes by Pedro Meyer At certain moments of intense personal grief, capturing images was for me the only way to comprehend later what was happening. Pedro Meyer moments grief way I always found it rather pathetic that as a photographer I would be dependent to such a large extent on sheer luck... So the moment I was offered [digital] tools to bend the shape of the image into my choices, and not those of lady luck, I was hooked. Pedro Meyer luck choices would-be Merging photographs can be more real than the isolated image because reality is so much more rich than just an isolated moment. Pedro Meyer rich moments real The photograph as an objective representation of reality simply does not exist. The photograph does not explain to you what is going on to the left or to the right or above or below the frame. Oftentimes, it doesn't even explain to you what is going on inside the frame. Pedro Meyer photograph doe reality The digital tools allow us to have control over what and how we can alter an image that was unimaginable in the era of analog photography. Pedro Meyer eras photography tools Before, the myth of photography doesn't lie was used in order to cover up tricks. If I [make a] portrait [of] you, accommodate you, illuminate you, put make up on you or use a filter, am I not manipulating reality? The only difference is that now I can do it from the computer in the postclick instead of the preclick. If I decide to photograph something instead of something else, I also manipulate reality. Of course a photograph can lie or commit abuse, but it always could. Pedro Meyer photography lying reality [Photography] is the non-complacence of the eye. To practice my right to look is also a critical attitude. If I stare at you, I will make you uncomfortable, and culturally we have a difficulty of staring and being stared at. Pedro Meyer eye photography attitude I have always questioned everything: education, the obligation to memorize, authority. Perhaps that is why I have photographed everything. Pedro Meyer obligation authority Similar Authors Inge Morath photographer Bert Stern photographer Brent Stirton photographer Bunny Yeager photographer Burt Glinn photographer Bruno Barbey photographer All Authors
