Frank Gohlke: secondary research

There is something peculiar about the way we attribute the clarity of some photographs to the world itself. I try to reinforce that paradox by making photographs that convince the viewer that those revelations, that order, that potential for meaning, are coming from the world and not the photograph.
— Frank Gohlke, 1979

This is a quote I found from Gohlke. What I think he means by this is that he's not content with how landscape photography was at the time done, it was more about the beauty of the photograph instead of what is in the photograph, what, I feel, he means that is that his photos are very unedited and are more about what the photograph is of and less about the photograph itself.

"Gohlke is unusual among photographers for his willingness and ability to articulate his ideas verbally as well visually."

Quote from placesjournel.org

This quote illustrates why Gohlke is such a successful photographer. He is able to not only photograph what he finds beautiful, he's able to talk about and explain why it's so artistically beautiful.