As I’ve journied down the path of photography, I want to say that it is more than just the camera equipment or the light softly fading at the point of horizon. I’ve realized that life deserves a good looking at. Life is the process of evolution and growing and learning. When I decided to venture down the pathway of photography, I did not even own a DSLR camera. I had been doing a lot of soul searching and examining the lives of those who examined life. And found a kindred in many of the great masters of photography. I have many friends who are fantastic photographers and I stand in awe of their work and philosophy of this medium. And I believe there should be a philosophy. I believe that art will find you, a calling will find you. When you least expect it. When it seems that there is nothing more to hope for, out of ruins comes great possibility. After many years of searching for significance, photography found me–a mess, empty, heartbroken and hopeless.
I am inspired by:
An always growing list of photographers:
Andre Kertesz and here.
Dorothea Lange and here.
Stephen Shore and here.
Josef Sudek and here.
Filmmakers:
Frank Capra. David Lean. Sofia Coppola. Cameron Crowe. John Hughes. Adrian Lyne. John Ford. Pedro Almodovar. Walt Disney. Clint Eastwood. Elia Kazan. M Night Shayamalan. Robert Zemeckis. Alejandro Amenabar.
As well as:
A perfectly timed snapshot. Solitude. Quiet. A songbird on a warm summer’s morning. Phil Collins. Stevie Nicks. Cormac McCarthy. Bono. Virginia Woolf. Anyone who can tell their story–and tell it well. People with well balanced lives. A great pair of jeans. Blue. Chene Tucker. Talks about pursuing significance. Those who overcome fear or pain in order to live. Those who live in spite of fear or pain. The Poetry of Robert Frost. Philip Seymour Hoffman. Being washed by the waves of the ocean. Orange. Laughter–true laughter. Anyone who is doing EXACTLY what they were born to do. God.
Thanks for taking the time to read about what inspires me.
Who and what inspires you?
Cindy Knull
“To live a visual life is an enormous undertaking, practically unattainable… But I have only touched it, just touched it.” ~Dorothea Lange.
©2009 Cindy Knull
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