9/2- Idea Entry "Silence"

From the series The Wise Silence

Redding, Connecticut 1968

Paul Caponigro
Silence

" If I could tell a story in words, I wouldn't need to lug around a camera." -Lewis Hines

Hines, Lewis " A Picture Is Worth Another Thousand Words...| Analysis & Opinion." Business & Financial News, Breaking US & International News | Reuters.com. 04 Aug. 2008. Web. 07 Sept. 2010. .

" When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence."- Ansel Adams

Adams, Ansel. "Ansel Adams- American Landscape Photographer." Great Photography Quotes- Best Photographers Quotations. Web. 07. Sept. 2010. .

Fendrich, Laurie. "Brainstorm- The Chronicle of Higher Education." Home- The Chronicle of Higher Education. Web. 06 Sept. 2010..

Laurie Fendrich is a painter and professor of fine arts at Hofstra University. In her blog she gives an explanation about why it seems that people under-apprieciate art and why people feel uncomfortable talking about it. Most commonly people either like it, hate it or are indifferent towards it. Even though people have these opinions they don't like to put them in words because they are intimidated. They often have an especially hard time with modern art because it doesn't fit their expectations of being beautiful.

Silence relates to my work because I don't like to speak, give explanations or even title my work. I've always had problems with words. Words commonly for me make things less clear and more complicated. This is both words I hear and words I use. I think that my photographs convey or represent silence. They settings and compositions are quiet which is reinforced with the black and white film.