David Lorenz Winston is a highly talented, respected and well known photographer whose career has spanned 30 years. I am fortunate to live in the same town and call him a friend. In the past couple of years he has greatly inspired and influenced my work. I highly recommend visiting his site at www.davidlorenzwinston.com and his BLOG. Below he explains the importance of relationship in photography.
For me, photography is about relationship. At times the relationship is between me and my subject(s), but more often its between subjects, animate or inanimate within the picture frame. To emphasize relationship I like to juxtapose, contrast, uncover humor and create mystery. Often these elements weave together. Sometimes relationship is about alienation, a sense of isolation in relation to self or surroundings. Ultimately, my photographs reveal a lot more about how I perceive the world than the subjects they depict.
Without relationship a photograph remains in a sense, two dimensional. With relationship there is always the possibility of transformation, creating more than the sum of the parts.