From the course: Narrative Portraiture: On Location in Texas with Keith Carter
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Concluding thoughts
From the course: Narrative Portraiture: On Location in Texas with Keith Carter
Concluding thoughts
Chris Orwig: There is this great anecdote of how Herman Leonard was working for Yousuf Karsh. And eventually, Herman Leonard was getting good, and Yousuf realized that it was time for him to kind of push him out of the nest so to speak. So his parting words to him were "Herman, go out and tell the truth, but do so in beauty." And so the question is, here we've had a chance to sit down, talk with you, learn from you, and now we're on our way. What's message or words or profound thought would you pass on? Keith Carter: You're asking me on the spot for a profound thought. Chris: I am. I am calling it out, because you are so profound. Let's see what you've got Keith. Keith: Well, I would borrow from my street poet friend Rock Your Ass Off, and then I would probably pick a wonderful thing that Emerson once said after having his own daguerreotype made, because it embodies a lot of what I love about the medium of photography. And I would say, write this down, and read it, and think about it,…
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