--- title: "9 Photograph World Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 9 Photograph World quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Photograph World sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86e/andreas-feininger-22291_boring_a-technically-perfect-photograph-can-be_2529174.png" --- > [A technically perfect photograph can be the world's most boring picture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andreas-feininger/a-technically-perfect-photograph-can-be-the-world-s-most-boring/) [Andreas Feininger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andreas-feininger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86e/andreas-feininger-22291_boring_a-technically-perfect-photograph-can-be_2529174.png) > [Photograph the world as it is. Nothing's more interesting than reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-ellen-mark/photograph-the-world-as-it-is-nothing-s-more-interesting-than-reality/) [Mary Ellen Mark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-ellen-mark/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44b/mary-ellen-mark-8293_interesting_photograph-the-world-as-it-is-nothing-s_2508191.png) > [I photograph to see what the world looks like in photographs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garry-winogrand/i-photograph-to-see-what-the-world-looks-like-in-photographs/) [Garry Winogrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garry-winogrand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14a/garry-winogrand-2342_looks_i-photograph-to-see-what-the-world-looks_858889.png) > [I'm interested in the person I photograph. The world is so beautiful as it is; there's so much going on, which is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juergen-teller/i-m-interested-in-the-person-i-photograph-the-world-is-so-beautiful/) [Juergen Teller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/juergen-teller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be9/juergen-teller-9589_beautiful_i-m-interested-in-the-person-i-photograp_338349.jpg) > [I think that there isn't a photograph in the world that has any narrative ability... They do not tell stories - they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garry-winogrand/i-think-that-there-isn-t-a-photograph-in-the-world-that-has-any/) [Garry Winogrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garry-winogrand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23a/garry-winogrand-2342_ability_i-think-that-there-isn-t-a-photograph-in_184447.png) > [I think that people get into trouble when they photograph something that they... that is not in their world. It's like when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-friedman/i-think-that-people-get-into-trouble-when-they-photograph-something/) [Carol Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-friedman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d4/carol-friedman-23687_knows_i-think-that-people-get-into-trouble-whe_608738.jpg) > [We are only beginning to learn what to say in a photograph. The world we live in is a succession of fleeting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-eisenstaedt/we-are-only-beginning-to-learn-what-to-say-in-a-photograph-the-world/) [Alfred Eisenstaedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-eisenstaedt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d7/alfred-eisenstaedt-20057_fleeting_we-are-only-beginning-to-learn-what-to-s_782942.png) > [I never know in advance what I will photograph,...I Go Out into the World and Hope I Will come across something that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ansel-adams/i-never-know-in-advance-what-i-will-photograph-i-go-out-into-the/) [Ansel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ansel-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d5/ansel-adams-2687_breaths_i-never-know-in-advance-what-i-will-phot_2562307.jpg) > [For spiritual companions I have had the many artists who have relied on nature to help shape their imagination. And their most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-abell/for-spiritual-companions-i-have-had-the-many-artists-who-have-relied/) [Sam Abell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-abell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c7/sam-abell-7768_art_for-spiritual-companions-i-have-had-the_2470470.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/photograph-world/#itemlist", "name": "Photograph World Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A technically perfect photograph can be the world's most boring picture.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Andreas Feininger" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andreas-feininger/a-technically-perfect-photograph-can-be-the-world-s-most-boring/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86e/andreas-feininger-22291_boring_a-technically-perfect-photograph-can-be_2529174.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86e/andreas-feininger-22291_boring_a-technically-perfect-photograph-can-be_2529174.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86e/andreas-feininger-22291_boring_a-technically-perfect-photograph-can-be_2529174.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A technically perfect photograph can be the world's most boring picture.” — Andreas Feininger", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Photograph the world as it is. 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