About
In 1980, as I began my adventure in photography, I came across this quote from Julia Margaret Cameron:
“I longed to arrest all beauty that came before me, and at length the longing has been satisfied.”
This quote closely expresses my feelings, explaining the very reason I think photography so appealed to me. I “see” the beauty in all the views around me. To be able to capture this beauty that I thought I could see for myself and to give it to others, is the joy I find in this very expressive art form. I no longer have to say, “Look at this! isn't it wonderful?” I now only have to capture the moment. Words have always been difficult, seeing has always been easy, but until I found photography, images flew through my mind, never caught. The longing has been satisfied. The images remain, hopefully others will see the way I see, enjoy my images as I do and feel a moment of contentment.
Beauty, a very fragile ingredient of life, is quick to flee. To capture one moment is a treasure. I see this capturing as a never-ending process that fills my need to communicate with others. To quote Martha Graham, “But art is eternal: for it reveals the inner landscape which is the soul of man.”
Lucille Tortora