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A Photograph is not worth a thousand words.

August 25, 2015April 19, 2016 by Dayanita Singh

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A Photograph is NOT worth a thousand words. A photograph is best where there are no words, when it reveals the unsayable, says that which has no vocabulary. ****** Post Script: * But to get to this 'unsayable photograph' requires Rigour, Restraint and the inescapable Reading. Its back to being…

Dear Aspiring Photographers- forewards – VII

August 25, 2015April 19, 2016 by Dayanita Singh

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And please don't ask me or any one else to write a Foreword to your book, Dear Photographer. You have worked many years to get to this stage, do all you can to keep your own voice throughout the book. The notion of forewords was necessary a few decades ago,…

Dear Aspiring Photographers – internships – VI

August 25, 2015April 19, 2016 by Dayanita Singh

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Dear Aspiring Photographers, I am sorry but I am unable to take on interns and apologise for not responding individually to your requests. At the best of times I like to be on my own but when I photograph it is almost essential both to focus and be open at…

Dear Aspiring Photographers – the book – V

August 25, 2015April 19, 2016 by Dayanita Singh

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The PHOTO BOOK is still my favorite form for the dissemination of the image. But dear aspiring photographers, the photographs you make are just the raw material for this. The book is made on the editing table. It's there that you sequence, weed out, bring in, find the silent pages,…

Dear Aspiring Photographers – IV

August 25, 2015April 19, 2016 by Dayanita Singh

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Photography is at its best when it goes where there are no words, toward that which has no vocabulary. A photograph that cannot be summarised by words. With this intention, it is perhaps closest to Music. Therefore, Dear Aspiring Photographer, (in my humble "opinion") studying music could certainly enhance your…

Dear Aspiring Photographers – cinema – III

August 25, 2015April 19, 2016 by Dayanita Singh

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Dear Aspiring Photographers, Along with my second advice to focus on literature, I would also suggest the study of Cinema. To see and 'study' as many classics as you can, again as a way of enlarging your life experience but also a way to understand narrative, lighting, framing, editing and…

Dear Aspiring Photographers – on reading – II

August 25, 2015April 19, 2016 by Dayanita Singh

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Dear Aspiring Photographers, My second advice to you is to READ. To read the history of the medium, of course (Geoff Dyer, John Szakowski, Sontag, Barthes...) but also fiction, poetry, non fiction, shayari, biography: what ever your interests are, but do read. Read to gather that immense life experience to…

Dear Aspiring Photographers – jobs -I

August 25, 2015April 19, 2016 by Dayanita Singh

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Dear Aspiring Photographers, My first advice to you is, please get a job. Yes, photography is magical and addictive and a language of its own, thats why we all get hooked. When one cannot find the words, there is always a photograph. But it's challenging times ahead for Photography as…

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