I'm not a nice girl; I'm a photographer. (On being told by a Federal Art Project official, after she photographed the Bowery, that a nice girl should not go into such neighborhoods ) — Berenice Abbott Copy Share Image
The challenge for me has first been to see things as they are, whether a portrait, a city street, or a bouncing ball. In… — Berenice Abbott Copy Share
To chart a course, one must have a direction. In reality, the eye is no better than the philosophy behind it. The photographer creates,… — Berenice Abbott Copy Share
Self-conscious artiness is fatal, but it certainly would not hurt to study composition in general. Having a basic understanding of composition would help construct… — Berenice Abbott Copy Share
To chart a course, one must have a direction. In reality, the eye is no better than the philosophy behind it. The photographer creates,… — Berenice Abbott Copy Share
None. They should just go out and photograph and stop talking about it. That's the only way they are going to find themselves. They… — Berenice Abbott Copy Share
What the human eye observes casually and incuriously, the eye of the camera... notes with relentless fidelity. — Berenice Abbott Copy Share
There are many teachers who could ruin you. Before you know it you could be a pale copy of this teacher or that teacher.… — Berenice Abbott Copy Share
Abstraction in photography is ridiculous, and is only an imitation of painting. We stopped imitating painters a hundred years ago, so to imitate them… — Berenice Abbott Copy Share
Like every other means of expression, photography, if it is to be utterly honest and direct, should be related to the life of the… — Berenice Abbott Copy Share
I wanted to combine science and photography in a sensible, unemotional way. Some people’s ideas of scientific photography is just arty design, something pretty.… — Berenice Abbott Copy Share
Photography can only represent the present. Once photographed, the subject becomes part of the past. — Berenice Abbott Copy Share
What the human eye observes casually and incuriously, the eye of the camera (the lens) notes with relentless fidelity. — Berenice Abbott Copy Share
Let us first say what photography is not. A photograph is not a painting, a poem, a symphony, a dance. It is not just… — Berenice Abbott Copy Share
