The Philosophy Of Minor White

This is from the November / December 2005 issue of View Camera Magazine.

Minor was known for his deep belief in the sacred and the spiritual quality of photography. What was seen in the image was important, but the meaning behind the image was ever more so...... He was devoted to the idea of "Equivalence" (first articulated by Alfred Stieglitz), a theory of photography based on the idea that any image, regardless of technical merit, should function as an experience, as opposed to a "thing". The photograph should act as a springboard for the viewer to explore feelings and emotions within himself or herself, the photograph acting as a metaphor for feeling.