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\u201cI would come out of the chapel after communion and occasionally I would see the world transformed, filled with light.\u201d – Christopher Burkett<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI knew that if it was real, which it was that there must be some way to photograph that.\u201d – Christopher Burkett<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe things that I\u2019m trying to present in my photography are things that are absolutely real in the world, subtle qualities that many people don\u2019t see.\u201d – Christopher Burkett<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m working within a very limited box, in terms of possibilities. But, by working within that box to the maximum amount … it\u2019s like a form of discipline, it is a form of discipline, and there is a strength and a depth that is possible within that discipline that doesn\u2019t happen in any other way.\u201d – Christopher Burkett<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cTraditionally, art was not meant to be a worship of the ego of the artist, it was meant to be an expression of God\u2019s grace, of divine things.\u201d – Christopher Burkett<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m concerned about myself, what I\u2019m doing, what my spiritual answer is rather than what I think other people should be doing. If my religion has any value it\u2019s in my life and what I do. That\u2019s its power and that should be evident. If it isn\u2019t then it won\u2019t be obvious. You know what I mean?\u201d – Christopher Burkett<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThis crystal clarity is part of the experience of trying to see the world as it truly is. The world is full of an infinite number of details. It\u2019s only our blindness, in one form or another, that doesn\u2019t allow us to see that.\u201d – Christopher Burkett<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe truth is that if we lived .. I was trying to find a word for it earlier, all terms are limiting … in a state of divine grace everything would be even more real. That\u2019s exactly what I\u2019m trying to portray in my photography, that moment of … I don\u2019t like to put a word on it because it\u2019s too limiting. As soon as you put a word on it, it becomes a concept rather than a reality. And what I\u2019m trying to present with my photography is that almost super real quality, not fake real, but super real. I\u2019m trying to show something that is precious and real, that most people do not see.\u201d – Christopher Burkett<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI have terrible vision without glasses. I didn\u2019t know that until I was in first grade. Most of your visual processing mechanism is formed by the age of six. I couldn\u2019t see the features on someone\u2019s face unless I was about a foot and a half away from them. I learned to identify people by their shape and the way they walked. I had no idea. I had no idea at all. Then I got glasses. It was quite a revelation. All of a sudden the world was transformed with these details. I\u2019ve tried not to lose that sense of astonishment and wonder. I never knew there were leaves on trees, I could only see if they had fallen. I\u2019d never seen clouds before. The moon in the sky had been a fuzzy blob. I could never see stars, some of the brightest ones were a very faint globule, out of focus, about the size the moon would normally be. That whole sense of incredible wonder, of miraculousness has stayed with me. The whole world is full of marvelous details.\u201d – Christopher Burkett<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t try to justify what I do. I think the work is strong enough to speak for itself. I don\u2019t mean that to sound arrogant, but to me it\u2019s not an issue, because I know what I\u2019m doing is unique and I feel comfortable about that. When I\u2019m out there, I\u2019m not trying to look for a picture that looks like a picture I\u2019ve seen before. I\u2019m trying to see the world fresh and clean, and yet with a knowledge of the history of photography. I don\u2019t think of working within a tradition, I think of working within the world, within life.\u201d – Christopher Burkett<\/span><\/p>\n Read our conversation here.<\/a><\/strong> Enjoy this collection of quotes by photographer Christopher Burkett. \u201cI would come out of the chapel after communion and occasionally I would see the world transformed, filled with light.\u201d – Christopher Burkett \u201cI knew that if it was real, which it was that there must…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[3202],"tags":[167,43,168,80],"post_folder":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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