When the novice photographer starts taking pictures, he carries his camera about and shoots everything that interests him. There comes a time when he must crystallize his ideas and set off in an particular direction. He must learn that shooting… — Alexey Brodovitch Copy Share Image
There is no recipe for good layout, what must be maintained is a feeling of change and contrast. A layout man should be simple… — Alexey Brodovitch Copy Share Image
What is of value is that a particular photographer sees the subject differently than I do. A good picture must be a completely individual… — Alexey Brodovitch Copy Share Image
Surprise quality can be achieved in many ways. It may be produced by a certain stimulating geometrical relationship between elements in the picture or… — Alexey Brodovitch Copy Share Image
It is the photographer's decision at the two levels of seeing the picture - when it is shot and when it is chosen and… — Alexey Brodovitch Copy Share Image
It is the unexpected and the surprise quality of a personal vision, rather than the emotion, which make people respond to a photograph. — Alexey Brodovitch Copy Share Image
The personality and style of a photographer usually limits the type of subject with which he deals best. For example Cartier-Bresson is very interested… — Alexey Brodovitch Copy Share Image
Photographers should make three or four prints from one negative and then crop them differently. When I was art director at Harper's Bazaar and… — Alexey Brodovitch Copy Share Image
When I say that a good picture has surprise quality or shock appeal, I do not mean that it is a loud or vulgar… — Alexey Brodovitch Copy Share Image
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