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title: "10 Camera Instrument Quotes by 9 authors"
description: "Browse 10 Camera Instrument quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Camera Instrument sayings and thoughts."
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> [It is the photographer, not the camera, that is the instrument.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/it-is-the-photographer-not-the-camera-that-is-the-instrument/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d85/anonymous-1_camera_it-is-the-photographer-not-the-camera-th_26103.jpg)

> [The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothea-lange/the-camera-is-an-instrument-that-teaches-people-how-to-see-without-a/)

[Dorothea Lange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothea-lange/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/853/dorothea-lange-13986_camera_the-camera-is-an-instrument-that-teaches_501147.png)

> [The camera is not the instrument. People are always the instrument.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-stevens/the-camera-is-not-the-instrument-people-are-always-the-instrument/)

[George Stevens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-stevens/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b03/george-stevens-28512_always_the-camera-is-not-the-instrument-people_638742.png)

> [The camera is no more an instrument of preservation, the image is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/berenice-abbott/the-camera-is-no-more-an-instrument-of-preservation-the-image-is/)

[Berenice Abbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/berenice-abbott/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc5/berenice-abbott-14021_camera_the-camera-is-no-more-an-instrument-of-p_46357.png)

> [Photography through the camera is an instrument of detection. We photograph not only what we know, but also what we don't know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisette-model/photography-through-the-camera-is-an-instrument-of-detection-we/)

[Lisette Model](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisette-model/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/719/lisette-model-30290_camera_photography-through-the-camera-is-an-ins_1297942.png)

> [You put your camera around your neck along with putting on your shoes, and there it is, an appendage of the body…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothea-lange/you-put-your-camera-around-your-neck-along-with-putting-on-your-shoes/)

[Dorothea Lange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothea-lange/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67b/dorothea-lange-13986_body_you-put-your-camera-around-your-neck-alo_1272605.jpg)

> [“As a camera is an instrument that teaches us how to see when we don't have a camera, writing is a process…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-agon/as-a-camera-is-an-instrument-that-teaches-us-how-to-see-when-we-don-t/)

[Ted Agon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-agon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57d/ted-agon-14202_camera_as-a-camera-is-an-instrument-that-teache_2729659.jpg)

> [The camera is the instrument that brings the inner passion and the outward event into harmony with one another, this linking, or,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-lucie-smith/the-camera-is-the-instrument-that-brings-the-inner-passion-and-the/)

[Edward Lucie-Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-lucie-smith/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/265/edward-lucie-smith-71600_accomplish_the-camera-is-the-instrument-that-brings_1571731.jpg)

> [“You put your camera around your neck in the morning along with putting on your shoes, and there it is, an appendage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milton-meltzer/you-put-your-camera-around-your-neck-in-the-morning-along-with/)

[Milton Meltzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milton-meltzer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/456/milton-meltzer-85985_camera_you-put-your-camera-around-your-neck-in_3207505.png)

> [“The camera is an instrument of detection…we photograph what we know and what we don’t know… when I point my camera at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-bosworth/the-camera-is-an-instrument-of-detection-we-photograph-what-we-know/)

[Patricia Bosworth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-bosworth/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b44/patricia-bosworth-42574_asking-a-question_the-camera-is-an-instrument-of-detection_1386491.jpg)

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