Philosophy

Premier Issue, Winter 2006

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"Photography is a window to the world even as the eye is a window to the soul ... It is with my heart and soul I see and love this world ... the passion of my heart that leads me on celebrating the almost unbearable beauty, the joy and pain, the light and shadow of creation ... this mysterious source, this transparent veil called life ... through which we see ..."

"In a sense I feel all of my work is a transmission of found selected moments, of creation in which I find myself passing briefly through as a passionate participant and witness. Art images at best are sparks within a great light that I live - filled with light and shadows so that we can see and discern each vision as unique as life itself."

"I find inspiration in the human form. It is the source of great mystery; it is that point in existence from which spiritual beauty is made real, in form. It is the symbol and reality from which our most sacred and profane impulses flow."

"These images are dedicated to whomever I might share these images of life and art with. They are my gift, my message to you..."

-Mark Sadan

"O Thou who hast give me eyes to see and love this sight so fair, Give me a heart to find out Thee and read Thee everywhere ..."  (from a carving on a stone in the hills above Lake Widemere, Lake District, England)