For me the criterion of a good photograph is that it is…

The criterion for what is good is based on whether it relieves someone, brings joy, or soothes a distress.

— Bert Hellinger

The good photograph is not the object, the consequences of the photograph are the objects.

— Dorothea Lange

I'm quite taken aback when I get something that appears to be technically a good photograph, because it's not necessarily my intention.

— Robert Rauschenberg

I have been a photographer all my life…and have made photographs of many things and for many reasons. But one thing that becomes more…

— Ralph Gibson

A good photograph is like a good hound dog, dumb, but eloquent.

— Eugene Atget

A good photograph will prove to the viewer how little our eyes permit us to see

— Leon Levinstein

Only powerfully conceived images have the ability to penetrate the memory, to stay there, in short to become unforgettable.

— Brassai

A work of art is itself an object, first of all, and so manipulation is unavoidable: it's a prerequisite. But I needed the greater…

— Gerhard Richter

A good photograph will prove to the viewer how little our eyes permit us to see. Most people, really, don’t see-see only what they…

— Leon Levinstein

“What do we feel when we look at a good photograph? We just want to be there, right at the exact moment that photo…

— Mehmet Murat ildan

Photography, when used as a representational art, is not a mere copy of nature. This is proved by the rarity of the 'good' photograph.

— Laszlo Moholy-Nagy

The model is just one element of the photograph. There's also the location, the light - all that junk. It helps if the girl…

— Richard Kern

Any good photograph is a successful synthesis of technique and art.

— Andreas Feininger

If what I see in my mind excites me, there is a good chance it will make a good photograph.

— Ansel Adams

I probably get a deeper satisfaction of having taken a very good photograph than of having written something very good, a very good story.…

— Teju Cole