Time is of the essence, particularly if we're sending images out on social media. The reality is that … - Michael Kenna

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Michael Kenna

Time is of the essence, particularly if we're sending images out on social media. The reality is that the majority of images are only viewed for a few seconds, often on a phone or computer. There are so many images freely available that it takes a lot of will power to concentrate and prolong the gaze on one picture at the expense of the thousands of others waiting to be viewed!

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Nothing is ever the same twice because everything is always gone forever, and yet each moment has infinite photographic possibilities.

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I don't have anything against colour. It is just not my first preference. I have always found black and white photographs to be quieter and more mysterious than those made in colour.

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For me, the subtlety of black and white inspires the imagination of the individual viewer to complete the picture in the mind's eye. It doesn't attempt to compete with the outside world. I believe it is calmer and gentler than colour, and persists longer in our visual memory.

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The golden rule in the arts, as far as I am concerned, is that all rules are meant to be broken.

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