This is life. It is everywhere, and it is here for the taking. I am alive and I … - Bill Jay

Same topic Authors

Quote of the day

Pleasures newly found are sweet When they lie about our feet.

Bill Jay

This is life. It is everywhere, and it is here for the taking. I am alive and I know this, now, in a more profound way than when I am doing anything else. These sights are ephemeral, fleeting treasures that have been offered to me and to me alone. No other person in the history of the world, anywhere in all of time and space, has been granted this gift to be here in my place. And I am privileged, through the camera, to take this moment away with me. That is why I photograph.

Photography, Space, Sight, Sights, Privileged, Way

Same Author Quotes

I start a lot of photo projects but never seem to. . . .

Photo, Photography, Projects, Seems, Start

Evolution in action: First, God said, 'Let there be light. ' Then, he created two nude models. Now we have photographers.

Created, God, Light, Photography, Two

Ask photographers to write and they have nothing to say; ask them to talk about their work and they won't shut up.

Photographer, Photography, Say, Shut, Work, Writing

But there are times when thinking is misplaced, like when taking photographs. You cannot think your way to making photographs; you can photograph your way to clearer thinking.

Making, Photograph, Photographs, Photography, Thinking, Way

Predators and prey always coexist. That's why we have galleries as well as photographers.

Galleries, Photographer, Photographers, Photography, Predator, Prey