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A Master of Light - The Life and Work of Brian Brake Photographer
Television (Full Length) – 1987
You’re a New Zealander. You’re part of Asia — why don’t you look at India, China, Japan?– Henri Cartier-Bresson to Brake, introducing him to Asian subjects
It was the last shot on my last roll of film.– Brake on the famous image of Picasso’s son with his hand in his father’s mouth while watching a bull fight
On the expanse of our grander landscape, it is easy to forget the beauty of our native mosses, flowers and leaves.– Brake
Photography is a mixture of craft, profession and art [...]. You are only as good as your last photograph.– Brake
Sometimes it’s a matter […] of finding a new way of expressing what you’ve observed before. Sometimes the weather can help, or the light at the edges of the day. Sometimes it’s a matter of just finding a new frame.– Brake
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