Photography at first was asked to do nothing but embalm our best smiles for the benefit of our friends and our best… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
Now everyone's main objective of taking photographs is to have a photograph for Twitter or Facebook. I find that troubling. If you… — Xaviera Simmons Copy Share Image
I went to Europe three times, I read dozens and dozens of books, I studied thousands of photos. But I always supplemented… — Anthony Doerr Copy Share Image
“He looked at the cameraman. “Was the photographer your idea? Not getting enough TV time?” “No,” replied Calvin. “I’ve had all of… — Chris Kennedy Copy Share Image
“Er, why do you need to work in a dark room, though?" he said. "The imps don't need it, do they?" "Ah,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
[X-ray's] accidental discovery in the late 1800s fits seamlessly into modernity's fascination with, and belief in, the power of technological transparency: the… — Walead Beshty Copy Share Image
There's almost an element of selfies that is like photo therapy. People look upon themselves in a picture and then they critique… — Nigel Barker Copy Share Image
... we photographers are nothing but a pack of crooks, thieves and voyeurs. We are to be found everywhere we are not… — Brassai Copy Share Image
In 1979, I moved to England and photographed Joy Division and Bowie and Beefheart. At that time I got images that I… — Anton Corbijn Copy Share Image
I treat the photograph as a work of great complexity in which you can find drama. Add to that a careful composition… — Ken Burns Copy Share Image
“... I thought about the word profile and what a weird double meaning it had. we say we're looking at a person's… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
I think that emotional content is an image's most important element, regardless of the photographic technique. Much of the work I see… — Anne Geddes Copy Share Image
A journalist is supposed to present an unbiased portrait of an event, a view devoid of intimate emotions. This is impossible, of… — Alexandra Kerry Copy Share Image
Ultimately — or at the limit — in order to see a photograph well, it is best to look away or close… — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
I walk in the park every day, and when people come and ask for a photograph, I say, "Oh, my God!" It… — Carolina Herrera Copy Share Image
At this sunset hour, the canyon walls are indescribably beautiful and I fear the magic of photography can never record what I… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
I love photography - I fell in love with photography, I think, because it was my own thing, it wasn't something I… — Amanda de Cadenet Copy Share Image
People often trust low-res images because they look more real. But of course they are not more real, just easier to fake.… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
I don't think that has ever changed. I don't think I see any more or any less than I did years ago.… — William Eggleston Copy Share Image
Every time I take a photo, it goes into SnapSeed. Even if it's just a price tag on something, it still goes… — Hunter Hayes Copy Share Image
“Photographs provided a tangible reality to men who were far from home, fearful and tired; they were posed proofs of success, souvenirs… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
I was at a Madonna show many, many years ago and I was in the sweet spot and she came out and… — Danny Clinch Copy Share Image
Technology has grown so much that there's a whole idea of gluttony. Sometimes you get carried away because you can have a… — Justin Lin Copy Share Image
I kind of - you learn it, you master it, and then you make sure that it just disappears. You know, like… — Carol Friedman Copy Share Image
But before all else a work of art is the creation of love. Love for the subject first and for the medium… — Eliot Porter Copy Share Image
I’m trying to please myself; certainly that’s a big criterion... though in a sense, I don’t take images just for myself. I… — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share Image
“Spirit photos were sometimes made to remember someone who had died. During the American Civil War, when hundreds of thousands of people… — Avi Copy Share Image
I'm in the early stages of a film called 'Freezing Time' about Eadweard Muybridge, the Victorian photographer who was really the forefather… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
Anyone can take pictures. What's difficult is thinking about them, organizing them, and trying to use them in some way so that… — Lewis Baltz Copy Share Image
When I started using the extreme short depth of field and single point of focus, I was trying to replicate my changing… — Keith Carter Copy Share Image
If there is a single factor which separates the best photographers from the wannabes it is the quantity of images which they… — Bill Jay Copy Share Image
In common with other artists the photographer wants his finished print to convey to others his own response to his subject. In… — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
Modern pictures are, no doubt, delightful to look at. At least, some of them are. But they are quite impossible to live… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The essential factor in the transition of the baroque to photography is not the perfecting of a physical process... rather does it… — Andre Bazin Copy Share Image
Photography begins not in the camera but in the mind and the eye. The real work is one of noticing and appreciating,… — Bill Atkinson Copy Share Image
I originally started GoPro with the sole purpose of helping surfers capture photos of themselves and their friends while they were surfing.… — Nick Woodman Copy Share Image
I could learn photography. That could be something to want. I could photograph children. I could have my own children. I would… — Gia Carangi Copy Share Image
You know, they always say that the photographer is a hunter of images. That is a flattering image, the idea of a… — Robert Doisneau Copy Share Image
“My friend Jim Richardson, a National Geographic photojournalist, likes to make the distinction between being a "traveler" and a "sightseer." According to… — Bob Krist Copy Share Image
“I hate taking pictures,’ he says. ‘I feel that if you pick up a camera you take yourself out of the moment.… — James Wallman Copy Share Image
![“[X-ray's] accidental discovery in the late 1800s fits seamlessly into modernity's fascination with, and belief in, the power of technological transparency: the desire to domesticate time (cinema), to preserve and capture the surface of the fleeting (photography), to see inside (x-ray).” quote by Walead Beshty](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/bcc/walead-beshty-45594_belief_x-ray-s-accidental-discovery-in-the-late_1448388.jpg)
![“People often trust low-res images because they look more real. But of course they are not more real, just easier to fake. [...] You never see a 10-megapixel photograph of Big Foot or the Abominable Snowman or the Loch Ness Monster.” quote by Errol Morris](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/5ba/errol-morris-2512_bigs_people-often-trust-low-res-images-becaus_2798869.jpg)
![“If there is a single factor which separates the best photographers from the wannabes it is the quantity of images which they produce. They seem to be forever shooting. I have watched many of them as they take picture after picture even when they are not photographing. [...] Often these intimate…” quote by Bill Jay](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/138/bill-jay-14930_charm_if-there-is-a-single-factor-which-separa_2929395.jpg)
