The camera you want should be the camera that inspires you to do the work.
— Christopher Michel
The camera plays the smallest role in good photography.
— Christopher Michel
Life in Antarctica
“The hardest part about visiting Antarctica is leaving.“ - Christopher Michel
Some are drawn to the far-away. Often more an idea than any true-place, Antarctica offers travelers solace and hardship in equal measure.
89° South.
“We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.” - T. S. Eliot — at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station.
Stranger Things Season 3: The South Pole.
Those long San Francisco afternoons. #LeicaM9
Give me good light over a good camera any day.
A photographers reward isn’t the image, it’s the connection.
Don’t let your narrative interfere with the truth.
— CM
One of the reasons I love being a photographer is that I can make an image that someone will treasure forever. Hard to imagine a better way to spend 1/60th of a second.
Good photographers talk about the gear; great photographers talk about the photograph.
— CM
You’ve arrived when helping others succeed is more important than your own success.
— CM
One of the most powerful paintings I’ve ever seen is “Christina’s World,” a true moment where Andy Wyeth sees Anna Christina Olson crawling across a field. Anna suffered from a debilitating muscular disorder, which made walking impossible. Anna loved the painting and once said, “Andy put me where he knew I wanted to be. Now that I can’t be there anymore, all I do is think of that picture and I’m there.” She died in 1968. As a photographer, I occasionally see scenes that remind me of Andy and Christina. Though no image I’ve made has ever come close to the authentic emotion of this incredible moment in time.