Todd Hido Quotes

• As an artist I have always felt that my task is not to create meaning but to charge the air so that meaning can occur.

  Todd Hido

  Artist, Air, Tasks

  "Advice for Portrait Photographers". Interview with Jim Casper, www.lensculture.com.

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• I believe you can use photographs to meditate on and work through things in your life.

  Todd Hido

  Believe, Use, Photograph

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• I photograph like a documentarian, but I print like a painter

  Todd Hido

  Photograph, Print, Painter

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• To me it is no mystery that we can only photograph effectively what we are truly interested in or-maybe more importantly-are grappling with. Often unconsciously. Otherwise the photographs are merely about an idea or a concept-that stuff eventually falls flat for me-there must be something more, some emotional hook for it to really work for me.

  Todd Hido

  Photography, Fall, Emotional

  "A conversation with Todd Hido". Interview with Joerg Colberg, jmcolberg.com. June 18, 2007.

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• If you get one photograph that's good from a trip, that's plenty.

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  Photograph, Plenty, Ifs

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• I have learned to consciously avoid letting that thought, It's been done, enter my creative process. You have to try not to edit yourself before you actually shoot.

  Todd Hido

  Creative, Trying, Done

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