Breaking The Pattern

摘要

"I'D BEEN A professional photographer for 10 years when I took this photo at a rice planting ceremony in Kyoto, Japan, in 1984.1 was taking a workshop conducted by the brilliant Ernst Haas, who later became a mentor and friend. Prior to this photograph I don't think I truly understood the importance of gesture, pattern, and counterpoint. "I was photographing the five ladies on the bank when I saw the woman who would pass in front, breaking the pattern and adding interest to the shot. That's something I've tried to do ever since, and tried to explain to students.