The Attraction of Quotes
One of the great things that has come out of the Photography Quote Archive that we are building here at FocalPower, is the photography education that is obtained from the research to accurately document the quote sources. Of course, this can also lead to lost time following the web of information (something that one must always be aware of and attempt to control)…but that’s the price we pay for knowledge!
For example, today I was entering a great quote from Bill Jay and found myself perusing through his website. If you don’t know who Bill Jay is, it’s worth your time to learn about him. He has written over 400 articles and 20 books on the subject of photography and has taught photography studies for 25 years at Arizona State University. He was also the founder and editor of Album, an early monthly photography publication, in 1970. Since Album is such a rare publication to find anywhere, Bill has graciously created PDF copies of each of the 12 issues and makes them available on his website.
This morning over breakfast, I found myself reading the first issue of Album. As I was paging through it, I discovered a section of the magazine called “Quotes”. I was pleasantly surprised to find that over 35 years ago, Bill had the same fascination with photography related quotes as I do today. Quotes contain an intrinsic draw for people that I find interesting. Maybe it’s in the compact nature of of a quote. Or that they are often words traveling forward in time to speak to you. Hmm…
I have added a few new quotes from that first issue of Album to the FocalPower Quote Archive stating the Album issue as the source. And I’m sure others will appear as I have time to look through the other issues.
I highly recommend taking the time to look through these historic PDFs and the rest of Bill Jay’s website. There is a wealth of information on his site about photography. Great stuff!
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