During last week's blizzard, I had a nice long conversation with PhotoWhoa's Freddy Martinez. We spoke about photography and editing. He asked some tough questions, including a request to define beauty in 140 characters or more. I told him,
Beauty is an aesthetic pleasure that transcends joy to illuminate a truth or ideal. That was only 57 characters, but I'm an editor. I find brevity beautiful.
Read the whole interview here.