It actually has transcended my career at the Geographic, so that when my career there ended, I had momentum as a teacher,… — Sam Abell Copy Share Image
I'm very involved in photographing America now, so I don't think of faraway places, as I did when I was young. — Sam Abell Copy Share Image
My connection to Santa Fe is very closely, and continuously a connection with Reid. I believe in him and his philosophy of… — Sam Abell Copy Share Image
I can't speak for other photographers, but the photographers who went forward strongly when the so-called "official" part of their career ended,… — Sam Abell Copy Share Image
First of all, I appropriate photographs.In presenting the Richard Prince photograph I tried to be as neutral as I could be. I… — Sam Abell Copy Share Image
I was a consultant for Kodak back in the late 80's. There were engineers there who told me that in the future,… — Sam Abell Copy Share Image
I was asked by a student what my most significant accomplishment was at National Geographic, after thirty years, and I said that… — Sam Abell Copy Share Image
Exotic novelty. My statement to [people] is always, well, set this picture in your home town, is it still an interesting picture?… — Sam Abell Copy Share Image
When assignments were over, photography continued. One of the primary reasons it did was that I wanted and needed to have fresh… — Sam Abell Copy Share Image
I was giving a lecture and I said, that's enough about The Photographic Life, meaning my biography, now let's talk about the… — Sam Abell Copy Share Image
The class that I teach is called "The Life of a Photograph." It takes up the question, of the billion photographs that… — Sam Abell Copy Share Image
In almost every photograph I have ever made, there is something I would do to complete it. I take that to be… — Sam Abell Copy Share Image
As I have practiced it, photography produces pleasure by simplicity. I see something special and show it to the camera. A picture… — Sam Abell 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
The thing with my workshops is, photography is a thoughtful process. In an atmosphere of fast photography, and generally thoughtless, quick, automatic… — Sam Abell Copy Share Image
Yes, there are billions more photographers, and billions more photographs every day, but who's building up a point of view? Who's photographing… — Sam Abell Copy Share Image
The neatest part of this book I'm working on - to me - are the pictures that show the process... Because photographers...… — Sam Abell Copy Share Image
'Woman on the Plaza,' with its distinct horizon, snow-like surfaces, wintry wall, stunning sunlight, sharp shadows, and hurrying figure, would become the… — Sam Abell Copy Share Image
My first priority when taking pictures is to achieve clarity. A good documentary photograph transmits the information of the situation with the… — Sam Abell Copy Share Image
Though Geographic didn't publish that photo in the story that it was done for, "The Life of Charlie Russell," a cowboy artist… — Sam Abell Copy Share Image
...just like some people's instinct to photograph is triggered by vacation... assignments might be that to me and that's why I've built… — Sam Abell Copy Share Image
Photography, alone of the arts, seems perfected to serve the desire humans have for a moment - this very moment - to stay. — Sam Abell Copy Share
I did it once, and National Geographic recruited me. I did it primarily out of curiosity. A lot of legendary photographers had worked on… — Sam Abell Copy Share
I can't speak for other photographers, but the photographers who went forward strongly when the so-called "official" part of their career ended, to me,… — Sam Abell Copy Share
Actually, ambition won't get you that far. You'll shift gears. You'll see something that's shinier. But if you believe... then you're the long-distance runner. — Sam Abell Copy Share
A mad, keen photographer needs to get out into the world and work and make mistakes. — Sam Abell Copy Share
I have this awareness that the more dynamic the situation is, the more on guard I need to be that the dynamic isn't controlling… — Sam Abell Copy Share
What I'm interested in is modern American history. I'm taken with the changes that have occurred in America in my lifetime. — Sam Abell Copy Share
Life rarely presents fully finished photographs. An image evolves, often from a single strand of visual interest - a distant horizon, a moment of… — Sam Abell Copy Share
Photographs that transcend but do not deny their literal situation appeal to me. — Sam Abell Copy Share
I wanted life to be episodic. I wanted to be a magazine photographer and I was willing to do what it took to become… — Sam Abell Copy Share
That statement [ Stephen Ambrose:'You, Sam, have the hardest job, which is, pretend like nothing has happened in the last 200 years.'] woke me… — Sam Abell Copy Share
Even though I teach with 35mm, my method takes people by surprise, because it isn't fast, and it isn't about hardware or software, or… — Sam Abell Copy Share
The class that I teach is called "The Life of a Photograph." It takes up the question, of the billion photographs that were taken… — Sam Abell Copy Share
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