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Interviewer: What goes through your mind when you are framing a shot?
Eggleston: Nothing really. It happens so fast. I compose very quickly and without thinking, but consciously. I take a picture instantly and never more than one. Sometimes I worry about the picture being out of focus, but I take that chance. A long time ago, I would have taken several shots of the same thing, but I realized that I could never decide which one was the best. I thought I was wasting a lot of time looking at these damn near identical pictures. I wanted to discipline myself to take only one picture of something, and if it didn’t work out, that’s just too bad. But it’s pretty much always worked.
(via pinds.com) ég hef áður séð vitnað í ljósmyndara sem segjast láta eina mynd af hverju viðfangsefni duga: svöl afstaða og vissulega kannast maður við leiðindin af því að þurfa að velja á milli mynda eftir á; væri til í að temja mér þetta í einhverjum tilfellum en alls ekki sem harðvírað prinsipp, það sem Henry Cartier-Bresson sagði á mun betur við mig núna:
“My contact sheets may be compared to the way you drive a nail in a plank,” he said. “First you give several light taps to build up a rhythm and align the nail with the wood. Then, much more quickly, and with as few strokes as possible, you hit the nail forcefully on the head and drive it in.”
