Spiritual Photographers?

Minor White, Twisted Cypress and Sea, 1950

 What is it that earns someone this sobriquet?  A Google search on "mystical photographers" yields a range of not easily classifiable images.  Some are misty or cloudy landscapes, others might have a nature theme, or perhaps include religious symbols. It appears that the photographer's process might have as much to do with the label as the images themselves.

Minor White, often considered a spiritual photographer, takes a contemplative approach to his work. Here are a couple of quotes about being present and about seeing:

"No matter how slow the film, Spirit always stands still long enough for the photographer it has chosen."
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"No matter what role we are in--photographer, beholder, critic--inducing silence for seeing in ourselves, we are given to see from a sacred place. From that place the sacredness of everything may be seen."*

Minor White taught others, who, like him, are sometimes considered "mystical," or "spiritual" photographers, among them Paul Caponigro (John Paul's father).

*Source: Aperture Monograph (1978). Minor White: Rites & Passages. New York: Aperture.