Will Steacy is a photographer and writer living in New York. He recently launched a project entitled The Photographs Not taken, in which he has collected the words of almost thirty photographers – words which take the place of photographs that they could, or would not take.

“The Photographs Not Taken is a collection of essays by photographers about the times they didn’t use their camera. This collection is a series of photographs not taken with a camera, but, instead, lived and remembered. Here the basic set of rules that apply to the making of a photograph are put into reverse; instead of looking out into the world through a camera lens, this series of essays looks directly into the photographer’s eye and mind and focuses on where the photographs come from.” – Will Steacy

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