THE CLEAREST PATH TO BLACK + WHITE
At the very moment landscape photographer Marc Koegel steps outside to begin the search for his next photograph, he has already won. For him, success lies not in the trophy of the finished image but rather the process of being out in the world, camera in hand. It’s about the journey as much as the destination.
“One local photographer,” Koegel explains, “he was sort of my mentor, and I still look up to him now, he said to me that once he’s taken a picture, he loses interest instantly. And he does that because for him it’s all about the experience, it’s not about the picture. It took me a while to feel the same way, to even understand what he meant. If I go somewhere for a week and I come back with no picture that I like but I enjoyed myself on the trip, that’s OK. The experience is even more important than the picture. Of course, it’s great if I have a good experience and I come back with pictures, that’s what we strive to
