Contests Quotes by John Szarkowski

To quote out of context is the essence of the photographer's craft.

— John Szarkowski

Because we see reality in different ways, we must understand that we are looking at different truths rather than the truth and that, therefore,…

— John Szarkowski

Whatever else a photograph may be about, it is inevitably about photography, the container and vehicle of all its meanings.

— John Szarkowski

Photography's central sense of purpose and aesthetic: the precise and lucid description of significant fact.

— John Szarkowski

The central act of photography, the act of choosing and eliminating, forces a concentration on the picture edge - the line that separates in…

— John Szarkowski

One of the leading uses of photography by the mass media came to be called photojournalism. From the late 'twenties' to the early 'fifties'…

— John Szarkowski

It isn't what a picture is of, it is what it is about.

— John Szarkowski

Photography is choosing where to point your eye-cone.

— John Szarkowski

The photographer’s vision convinces us to the degree that the photographer hides his hand.

— John Szarkowski

In practice a photographer does not concern himself with philosophical issues while working; he makes photographs, working with subject matter that he thinks will…

— John Szarkowski

Trained as a musician, [photographer Ansel] Adams understood the richness of variation that could be unfolded from a simple theme.

— John Szarkowski

Pure photography is a system of picture-making that describes more or less faithfully what might be seen through a rectangular frame from a particular…

— John Szarkowski