--- title: "1 Andrea Quotes By Joel Sternfeld" description: "1 Andrea quotes by Joel Sternfeld. Plus more from Joel Sternfeld and more Andrea sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e90/joel-sternfeld-26021_andrea_some-of-the-people-who-are-now-manipulat_497287.jpg" --- > [Some of the people who are now manipulating photos, such as Andreas Gursky, make the argument - rightly - that the 'straight' photographs of the 1940s and 50s were no such thing. Ansell Adams would slap a red filter on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-sternfeld/some-of-the-people-who-are-now-manipulating-photos-such-as-andreas/) [Joel Sternfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-sternfeld/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e90/joel-sternfeld-26021_andrea_some-of-the-people-who-are-now-manipulat_497287.jpg) ## Other authors on Andrea ## More by Joel Sternfeld > [Even the photographs of Henri Cartier-Bresson, with all due respect to him, are notoriously burned and dodged.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-sternfeld/even-the-photographs-of-henri-cartier-bresson-with-all-due-respect-to/) [Joel Sternfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-sternfeld/) > [I grew up in Belle Harbor, which is in New York City, but it has the most powerful sense of nature and seasons. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-sternfeld/i-grew-up-in-belle-harbor-which-is-in-new-york-city-but-it-has-the/) [Joel Sternfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-sternfeld/) > [Some of the people who are now manipulating photos, such as Andreas Gursky, make the argument - rightly - that the 'straight' photographs of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-sternfeld/some-of-the-people-who-are-now-manipulating-photos-such-as-andreas/) [Joel Sternfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-sternfeld/) > [For me it was sort of career suicide to work in color, but I did it because I perceived myself from an early stage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-sternfeld/for-me-it-was-sort-of-career-suicide-to-work-in-color-but-i-did-it/) [Joel Sternfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-sternfeld/) > [I could get my camera and point it at two people and not point it at the homeless third person to the right of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-sternfeld/i-could-get-my-camera-and-point-it-at-two-people-and-not-point-it-at/) [Joel Sternfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-sternfeld/) > [A photographer must choose a palette as painters choose theirs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-sternfeld/a-photographer-must-choose-a-palette-as-painters-choose-theirs/) [Joel Sternfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-sternfeld/) > [With a photograph, you are left with the same modes of interpretation as you are with a book. You ask: 'What do we know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-sternfeld/with-a-photograph-you-are-left-with-the-same-modes-of-interpretation/) [Joel Sternfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-sternfeld/) > [You take 35 degrees out of 360 degrees and call it a photo. No individual photo explains anything. That's what makes photography such a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-sternfeld/you-take-35-degrees-out-of-360-degrees-and-call-it-a-photo-no/) [Joel Sternfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-sternfeld/) > [I loved the High Line when it was just mine, when I was the only person up there, and I had a private park…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-sternfeld/i-loved-the-high-line-when-it-was-just-mine-when-i-was-the-only/) [Joel Sternfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-sternfeld/) > [When you have unity, I think it squares the reach or power of the work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-sternfeld/when-you-have-unity-i-think-it-squares-the-reach-or-power-of-the-work/) [Joel Sternfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-sternfeld/) > [I'm trying to take pictures of less and less.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-sternfeld/i-m-trying-to-take-pictures-of-less-and-less/) [Joel Sternfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-sternfeld/) > [The job of the color photographer is to provide some level of abstraction that can take the image out of the daily.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-sternfeld/the-job-of-the-color-photographer-is-to-provide-some-level-of/) [Joel Sternfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-sternfeld/) > [The digital print is becoming the look of our time, and it makes the C-print start to look like a tintype.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-sternfeld/the-digital-print-is-becoming-the-look-of-our-time-and-it-makes-the-c/) [Joel Sternfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-sternfeld/) > [Looking at a black and white photograph, you are already looking at a strange world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-sternfeld/looking-at-a-black-and-white-photograph-you-are-already-looking-at-a/) [Joel Sternfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-sternfeld/) > [Photography has always been capable of manipulation. Even more subtle and more invidious is the fact that any time you put a frame to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-sternfeld/photography-has-always-been-capable-of-manipulation-even-more-subtle/) [Joel Sternfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-sternfeld/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/andrea/joel-sternfeld/#itemlist", "name": "1 Andrea Quotes By Joel Sternfeld", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Some of the people who are now manipulating photos, such as Andreas Gursky, make the argument - rightly - that the 'straight' photographs of the 1940s and 50s were no such thing. Ansell Adams would slap a red filter on his lens, then spend three days burning and dodging in the dark room, making his prints. That's a manipulation. 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