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Arthur Meyerson is recognized as one of America’s finest photographers. Since 1974, this native Texan has traveled throughout the world, creating award winning advertising, corporate and editorial photographs, as well as an extensive body of fine art imagery. A three-time winner of Adweek’s “Southwest Photographer of the Year” award, he is on Communication World’s list of top 10 corporate photographers and was named one of the 30 best advertising photographers by American Photo.<\/p>\n
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What’s the best thing about photography? <\/strong>
\nTaught me how to “see”.<\/em><\/p>\nWhat’s the worst thing about photography?<\/strong>
\nWe are inundated with photographs\u2026 not enough vision.<\/em><\/p>\nWhat’s the thing that interests you most about your own photographs? <\/strong>
\nWhat and how I choose to shoot something.<\/em><\/p>\nWhat’s the thing that interests you most about other people’s photographs?<\/strong>
\nWhat and how they choose to shoot something.<\/em><\/p>\nWho were your early photographic influences?<\/strong>
\nThe Magnificent Seven: Edward Weston, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Frank, Irving Penn, Arnold Newman, Jay Maisel, and Ernst Haas<\/em><\/p>\nWho were your early non-photographic influences?<\/strong>
\nLeonardo DaVinci, Frank Lloyd Wright, Ernest Hemingway, Bob Dylan<\/em><\/p>\nWhat’s the most inspiring work of art you saw recently?<\/strong>
\nThe Reykjavik Opera House in Iceland<\/em><\/p>\nWhat’s the best thing about gear?<\/strong>
\nAllows me to capture what I see<\/em><\/p>\nWhat’s the worst thing about gear?<\/strong>
\nWeight, cost and continually thinking I need to upgrade plus the never-ending conversation about gear<\/em><\/p>\nHow do you know when an image doesn’t work?<\/strong>
\nDoesn’t resonate with me<\/em><\/p>\nHow do you know when an image is good?<\/strong>
\nIt resonates with me<\/em><\/p>\nHow do you know when an image is great?<\/strong>
\nIt continually resonates with me<\/em><\/p>\nWhat’s the most useful photographic mantra?<\/strong>
\nAvoid preconceptions<\/em><\/p>\nWhat was the most significant visual moment in your life?<\/strong>
\nI once had a dream in slide show form and each still image “came alive” becoming a dream within a dream.<\/em><\/p>\nWhich was the most important image to you that got away?<\/strong>
\nSpending a day with Cartier-Bresson and NOT photographing him.<\/em><\/p>\nWhat failure did you learn the most from?<\/strong>
\nHopefully, all of them\u2026 and there have been many!<\/em><\/p>\nWhat’s the thing you most hope to accomplish?<\/strong>
\nCreate a body of work that sustains a vision<\/em><\/p>\nIf you had to do it all over again, what would you change?<\/strong>
\nWhat’s that saying about hindsight???<\/em><\/p>\nIf you had another life to live a completely different life, what would you choose to do?<\/strong>
\nI feel very fortunate to have lived the life I have lived.<\/em><\/p>\nWhat are the most important questions to you?<\/strong>
\nThose that make me think<\/em><\/p>\nWhat’s photography really all about?<\/strong>
\nLight<\/em><\/p>\nHow did photography change the world?<\/strong>
\nAbility to capture a moment<\/em><\/p>\nHow did photography change your world?<\/strong>
\nGave me the opportunity to make a living doing what I love\u2026personally and professionally.<\/em><\/p>\nWhat’s the best thing about influence?<\/strong>
\nGives us a “compass heading”<\/em><\/p>\nWhat’s the worst thing about influence?<\/strong>
\nFollowing that “compass heading” too closely.<\/em><\/p>\nWhat’s the best thing about our times?<\/strong><\/p>\nTechnology<\/p>\n
What’s the worst thing about our times is?<\/strong>
\nTechnology<\/em><\/p>\nWhat’s your favorite movie?<\/strong>
\nCasablanca<\/em><\/p>\nWhat’s your favorite book?<\/strong>
\nA Moveable Feast<\/em><\/p>\nWhat’s your favorite piece of music?<\/strong>
\nLike a Rolling Stone<\/em><\/p>\nWhat is your greatest fear? <\/strong>
\nBlindness<\/em><\/p>\nWho is your favorite hero in fiction?<\/strong>
\nOdysseus<\/em><\/p>\nWho are your heroes in real life?<\/strong>
\nAnyone willing to risk their lives for others<\/em><\/p>\nWhat is the trait you most deplore in yourself?<\/strong>
\nProcrastination<\/em><\/p>\nWhat is the trait you most deplore in others?<\/strong>
\nDishonesty<\/em><\/p>\nWhat is your favorite journey?<\/strong>
\nThe next one<\/em><\/p>\nWhat do you dislike most about yourself?<\/strong>
\nMoodiness<\/em><\/p>\nWhich words or phrases do you most overuse? <\/strong>
\nAwesome<\/em><\/p>\nWhat do you most value in your friends?<\/strong>
\nLoyalty<\/em><\/p>\nWhat other talent would you most like to have?<\/strong>
\nRock singer, Professional Baseball Player, Tango dancer\u2026 or all three<\/em><\/p>\nHow would you like to die?<\/strong>
\nIn my sleep\u2026 peacefully and empty<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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