
LensWork #83 (The Bill Jay's Best of EndNotes issue)

” Unfortunately, it may be that war photography of any real power is already dead. In the past few wars in which the USA was involved, photographers were not allowed access to the conflict, but became the mere transmitters of military propaganda. In a way, this is proof of photography’s potency; it must be powerful if the military takes such great
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- Beware of these two fallacies of photographic appreciation: 1) You like a photograph because you think/have been told that it is good. 2) You think a photograph is good because you like it.
Bill Jay • LensWork #83 (The Bill Jay's Best of EndNotes issue)
“Unless we know living things, how will we come to love them? Unless we learn to love them, we will not have the will to conserve, protect, or sustain them. And, to complete the argument, without them we will not exist.”
Bill Jay • LensWork #83 (The Bill Jay's Best of EndNotes issue)
As Woody Allen remarked, “We stand today at a crossroads: one path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other leads to total extinction. Let us hope we have the wisdom to make the right choice.”
Bill Jay • LensWork #83 (The Bill Jay's Best of EndNotes issue)
In the ancient Greek world there was no need for contemplation. It was agreed. The greatest sin of all was hubris: an exaggerated pride which leads one to claim more than is one’s due.
Bill Jay • LensWork #83 (The Bill Jay's Best of EndNotes issue)
As du Camp wrote, “The risk [of being honest] was great; but we could not let him continue this way, since at stake was a literary future in which we had absolute faith.”
Bill Jay • LensWork #83 (The Bill Jay's Best of EndNotes issue)
Sloppy writing leads to muddy thinking which leads to stupid actions which leads to bad photography.
Bill Jay • LensWork #83 (The Bill Jay's Best of EndNotes issue)
In the unlikely event that I would ever be invited to address the graduates, I would give the shortest speech on record: Dear Graduates, Find something you love to do. Get good at it. Hope, but don’t expect, others will appreciate it. Then, with luck, you might be able to make a living at it.
Bill Jay • LensWork #83 (The Bill Jay's Best of EndNotes issue)
the words of Groucho Marx: “I’ve had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn’t it.”