Elizabeth Krist: What is Photography?

Photography is...

… bringing the dead to life and the living into the future

… a portal and a weapon, a catalyst and a consolation

… an evolving new language based on the most ancient

… mind-opening, heart-opening—freezing emotion and releasing it

… art and the ingredients for art, a window into another’s truth or fantasy

… an overwhelming tidal wave

—Elizabeth Krist, former Senior Photo Editor, National Geographic

Photograph by © Cory Rice