"I believe that the photo should be more important than the photographer.
When I travel with camera in hand my objective to achieve something wonderful in the way of photography. I want to make a beautiful image, something more amazing than anything I have done before. It’s about the photograph. It’s about the act of creation. It’s not about me."
The paradox here is that I also advocate that the photographer must "be present" in the work. You must put yourself in there as well.
Which is another way of saying, you must take sides. You must have an opinion. You cannot remain neutral, because this makes the image worthless. What do you want to say with your image?
So yes, you have to be present. But that doesn't mean it's "about you".
It's an interesting paradox that someone can both be totally self-centred and yet still not actually giving anything of themselves :)
Photo Ewen 📷
David Bell