David Park > Quotes

“Then I discover when you take a step forward, even a small step, the fear doesn’t exercise such a tight grip. It’s still there but it’s somehow reduced and you allow yourself to feel less of a helpless victim because ultimately it’s the sense of powerlessness that does you in.”
― David Park, Travelling in a Strange Land

“And I have come to understand the truth of what Ansel Adams said that you don’t make a photograph just with a camera but that you bring to the act all the pictures you have seen, the books you have read, the music you have heard and the people you have loved.”
― David Park, Travelling in a Strange Land

“The softening strands of light dulled the ragged blossoms of the hedgerows into a smear of sameness.”
― David Park, The Rye Man