Todd Hido quotes
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“To me it is no mystery that we can only photograph effectively what we are truly interested in or-maybe more importantly-are grappling with. Often unconsciously. Otherwise the photographs are merely about an idea or a concept-that stuff eventually falls flat for me-there must be something more, some emotional hook for it to really work for me.”
-- Todd HidoSource : "A conversation with Todd Hido". Interview with Joerg Colberg, jmcolberg.com. June 18, 2007.
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“I photograph like a documentarian, but I print like a painter”
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“I believe you can use photographs to meditate on and work through things in your life.”
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“As an artist I have always felt that my task is not to create meaning but to charge the air so that meaning can occur.”
-- Todd HidoSource : "Advice for Portrait Photographers". Interview with Jim Casper, www.lensculture.com.
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“If you get one photograph that's good from a trip, that's plenty.”
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“I have learned to consciously avoid letting that thought, It's been done, enter my creative process. You have to try not to edit yourself before you actually shoot.”
-- Todd Hido
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