And no photographs taken with the aid of flash light, either, if only out of respect for the actual light - even… — Henri Cartier-Bresson Copy Share Image
Because of the tension and difficulty, I remember trying to do the silliest things when we weren't rolling cameras, anything to lift… — Madeleine Stowe Copy Share Image
Luckily, many other people tell me how they have had a particular landscape photograph of mine in their office or bedroom for… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Forget about the profession of being a photographer. First be a photographer and maybe the profession will come after. — Christopher Anderson Copy Share Image
I grew up in Maine working at a video store and found myself being pulled more and more to on-camera stuff. — Timothy Simons Copy Share Image
On TV, you have wardrobe fittings, you have four cameras on you at all times, and you're worried about your angles and… — Demi Lovato Copy Share Image
I have just one black and white photograph left of my mother when she was younger. She was 17 when it was… — Liz Murray Copy Share Image
Still photographs are the most powerful weapon in the world. People believe them, but photographs do lie, even without manipulation. They are… — Eddie Adams Copy Share Image
The photographer's most important and likewise most difficult task is not learning to manage his camera, or to develop, or to print.… — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
I did photography in summer camp; I did it in high school. The only hard decision I've had to make was whether… — Rachel Morrison Copy Share Image
There's always a time in any series of work where you get to a certain point and your work is going steadily… — Sally Mann Copy Share Image
Essentially, in photography, I think on two levels: one emotional and the other technical. The emotional impact has to do with looking… — Leonard Nimoy Copy Share Image
But I would like to reach the point where I could cut up an illustrated magazine at random and see to it… — Gerhard Richter Copy Share Image
I do not want [photography] explained to me in terms of... formulas, learned, but so hopelessly unsatisfying. I do not want my… — Jacob August Riis Copy Share Image
I think there is an element of magic in photography - light, chemistry, precious metals - a certain alchemy. You can wield… — Keith Carter Copy Share Image
Photos tend to organize chaos, to define what we're doing here. It is essential that individuals' voices depict the world around us,… — Martin Parr Copy Share Image
I believe that the black-and-white photograph, or rather the gray zones in the black-and-white photograph, stand for this territory that is located… — W. G. Sebald Copy Share Image
I adore shooting photographs. It's like being a hunter. But some hunters are vegetarians - which is my relationship to photography. — Henri Cartier-Bresson Copy Share Image
I don't look for things to see how they function as metaphors… You can't photograph the sublime. You can only traffic in… — John Divola Copy Share Image
I think of myself as a writer who photographs. Images, for me, can be considered poems, short stories or essays. And I've… — Sam Abell Copy Share Image
Sometimes without shooting a picture germinates in your head. Other times, you keep taking pictures of the same thing and watch the… — Jay Maisel Copy Share Image
I find fashion magazines so incredibly boring . . . There still is no new photography and no new concerns. — Wolfgang Tillmans Copy Share Image
There are days when everyone in the world looks like a Diane Arbus to me. She's a genius but her work is… — Nan Goldin Copy Share Image
People think the camera steals their soul. Places, I am convinced, are affected in the opposite direction. The more they are photographed… — John Pfahl Copy Share Image
Photography is a way of putting distance between myself and the work which sometimes helps me to see more clearly what it… — Andy Goldsworthy Copy Share Image
Remember that most people (those who are not photographers) don't even see the things that you missed. Many don't even look. Ergo,… — Jay Maisel Copy Share Image
I've never felt massively satisfied from standing there while someone takes my photograph. It's never given me a thrill. — Jamie Dornan Copy Share Image
My father was a psycho-analyst and I think that fact was very influential on my development as an artist. Trying to search… — Gregory Crewdson Copy Share Image
Photography seems to fix, but this is an illusion created by our short lives. A photograph is merely a note held for… — Douglas McCulloh Copy Share Image
Time is so fast that all times are past times! When you look at a photo of the past, you must know… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
People think that all cameramen do is point the camera at things, but it's a heck of a lot more complicated than… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I have a photographic memory that enables me to visualize what everyone in the huddle is supposed to do on each of… — Steve Young Copy Share Image
Sometimes I have taken photographs and just felt so excited that I could barely hold the camera steady, and the photo was… — Robert Rauschenberg Copy Share Image
I never think about a photo before I start it. I try to let my mind relax, and then when I get… — Roger Ballen Copy Share Image
Cameras always were seductive. And then a darkroom became available, and that's when I stopped doing anything else. — Garry Winogrand Copy Share Image
No picture can be good which deceives by its imitation, for the very reason that nothing can be beautiful which is not… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
A creative photographer is one who either captures mystery or reveals things, everything else is useless — Raghu Rai Copy Share Image
If I hadn't become a photographer, I would have loved to become a doctor. I would have loved to have done something… — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share Image
The best images are the ones that retain their strength and impact over the years, regardless of the number of times they… — Anne Geddes Copy Share Image
Think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce… — Duane Michals Copy Share Image
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