迈纳·怀特
美国 · 1908–1976
美国摄影师、编辑和教师，其"等价"理论——照片可以充当观者内心状态之镜——将禅宗的冥想传统与斯蒂格利茨和韦斯顿的形式严谨相融合，使《光圈》杂志成为美国艺术摄影的思想中心。
维基百科 ↗“The state of mind of the photographer while creating is a blank. It is a state of mind that precedes thinking, a state where the familiar becomes strange and the strange becomes familiar. In that blankness, the photograph makes itself — the photographer merely holds the camera steady.”
英语
“摄影师在创作时的心境是空白的。那是一种先于思考的心境，一种熟悉变为陌生、陌生变为熟悉的状态。在那片空白中，照片自己完成了自己——摄影师只是稳稳地握住相机。”
“One should not only photograph things for what they are but for what else they are. The photograph of a rock becomes something other than a rock when the viewer brings their own longing to it. This is equivalence: the image as a mirror, not a window.”
英语
“人不应只因事物之所是而拍摄它们，还应因它们之所可能是而拍摄。当观者将自己的渴望带入其中时，一块岩石的照片就变成了岩石以外的东西。这就是等价：影像是一面镜子，而非一扇窗户。”
“Be still with yourself until the object of your attention affirms your presence. Do not photograph until you feel the subject looking back at you — until the distance between seer and seen collapses into a single act of attention.”
英语
“与自己安静相处，直到你注意力的对象确认了你的存在。不要拍摄，直到你感觉到拍摄对象在回望你——直到观者与被观之间的距离坍缩为一个单一的注意力行为。”
“No matter how slow the film, Spirit always stands still long enough for the photographer It has chosen. The question is never whether there is enough light — the question is whether you are quiet enough inside to receive it.”
英语
“无论胶片多慢，精神总会为它选择的摄影师静止足够长的时间。问题从来不在于是否有足够的光——问题在于你内心是否足够安静来接收它。”
“All photographs are self-portraits. Not because they show the photographer's face, but because they reveal the photographer's way of seeing — which is the deepest portrait of all. When I photograph a frosted window, I am photographing my own capacity for wonder.”
英语
“所有照片都是自画像。不是因为它们展示了摄影师的面孔，而是因为它们揭示了摄影师的观看方式——那是最深刻的肖像。当我拍摄一扇结霜的窗户时，我拍摄的是自己感受惊奇的能力。”