"I think that what makes a photograph so powerful is the fact that, as opposed to other forms, like..."

“I think that what makes a photograph so powerful is the fact that, as opposed to other forms, like video or motion pictures, it is about stillness. I think the reason a person becomes a photographer is because they want to take it all and compress it into one particular stillness. When you really want to say something to someone, you grab them, you hold them, you embrace them. That’s what happens in this still form.”

- Joel-Peter Witkin (via thereyouwere)