In practice a photographer does not concern himself with philosophical issues while working; he makes photographs, working with subject matter that he… — John Szarkowski Copy Share Image
I work in the same style as classic landscape photographers. You find the right perspective, and then you wait until the light… — Gordon Hempton Copy Share Image
The most important thing is to try and enjoy life because you never know when it will be gone. If you wake… — Joyce Tenneson Copy Share Image
What's been important with Flickr is the community that's been there from the beginning and the serious photographers that are there creating… — David Filo Copy Share Image
Usually, your personality doesn't come out on the cover of Vogue. If the photographer says, "Smile," you smile. You might not be… — Cindy Crawford Copy Share Image
I believe that we photographers don't benefit very much with answers from other photographers. What is more beneficial is to ask questions… — Michael Kenna Copy Share Image
For me the printing process is part of the magic of photography. It's that magic that can be exciting, disappointing, rewarding and… — John Sexton Copy Share Image
...one sees differently with color photography than black-and-white... in short, visualization must be modified by the specific nature of the equipment and… — Ansel Adams Copy Share Image
You know, the Chinese don't like to be photographed because they believe that a part of their life is being taken away… — Bert Stern Copy Share Image
I like to be the right thing in the wrong space and the wrong thing in the right space. But usually being… — Andy Warhol Copy Share Image
We feel that to reveal embarrassing or private things, we have given someone something, that, like a primitive person fearing that a… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
I always prefer photographing in available light – or Rembrandt-light I like to call it – so you get the natural modulations… — Alfred Eisenstaedt Copy Share Image
I've had shows as a painter, as a photographer, I've done shows as a sculptor. I've done a lot of different things… — Norman Reedus Copy Share Image
The photographic image has great possibilities. The magical photograph attempts to go beyond the immediate context of the recorded experience into the… — Arthur Tress Copy Share Image
I am afraid that there are more people than I can imagine who can go no further than appreciating a picture that… — William Eggleston Copy Share Image
I have to say, taking photographs is such an instantaneous act. The recognition and the acting on the recognition, depending on your… — Joel Meyerowitz Copy Share Image
As a good picture would come, I would never know exactly what I had done. When you did see it, it would… — Emmet Gowin Copy Share Image
I agree that all good photographs are documents, but I also know that all documents are certainly not good photographs. Furthermore, a… — Berenice Abbott Copy Share Image
I took to photography like a duck to water. I never wanted to do anything else. Excitement about the subject is the… — Berenice Abbott Copy Share Image
I hate to say I'm a photographer, because I learned photography as I went along. But I also hate to say I'm… — Vik Muniz Copy Share Image
What some highbrows call rapport is nothing more than a mild flirtation between photographer and the girl on the other side of… — Sam Haskins Copy Share Image
I'm very lucky that I'm not a photographer for hire - people hire me for me. I go into every commercial work… — Petra Collins Copy Share Image
Obviously, we can see what was in front of the camera, but if a photograph is honestly made, it's a bit of… — John Sexton Copy Share Image
Documentary: That’s a sophisticated and misleading word. And not really clear… The term should be documentary style… You see, a document has… — Walker Evans Copy Share Image
With a short lens I can reveal the hidden things near at hand, with a long lens the hidden things far away.… — Andreas Feininger Copy Share Image
Light is my inspiration, my paint and brush. It is as vital as the model herself. Profoundly significant, it caresses the essential… — Ruth Bernhard Copy Share Image
Fame is not just about being able to get out of a limo in Leicester Square, it's about trying to get into… — Rick Astley Copy Share Image
When I was in art school, the photo kids were separated from the rest. If you did sculpture or painting or graphic… — Ryan McGinley Copy Share Image
I believe that photographs should be simple technically, and easy to look at. They shouldn't be directed at other photographers; their point… — Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon Copy Share Image
To convulse reality from within, to demonstrate it as fractured spacing, became the collective result of all that vast range of techniques… — Rosalind E. Krauss Copy Share Image
A lot of photographers think that if they buy a better camera they'll be able to take better photographs. A better camera… — Arnold Newman Copy Share Image
I came up, I suppose, a fairly traditional way. I went to art college. I always wanted to be a stills photographer,… — Roger Deakins Copy Share Image
It comes down to risk, again and again. If you risk coming out, if you risk making pictures that aren’t good, you… — Joel Meyerowitz Copy Share Image
In 1968 I frequently would sit in a photo booth and practice self mirror images which I then documented photographically. Curious types… — Arnulf Rainer Copy Share Image
I believe there is no more creative medium than photography to recreate the living world of our time. Photography gladly accepts the… — Berenice Abbott Copy Share Image
I now measure my growth as a photographer in terms of the degrees to which I am aware of, have developed my… — Wynn Bullock Copy Share Image
Here's the beauty of a camera: you don't have to come up with words for what you're looking at... Maybe another angle… — Barbara Abercrombie Copy Share Image
I read like a crazy person, I play the piano, and I'm a photographer. I always say my photography keeps me sane.… — Alaina Huffman Copy Share Image
I was an amateur - I am an amateur - and I intend to stay an amateur. To me an amateur photographer… — Erwin Blumenfeld Copy Share Image
The most important thing you learn as a sports photographer is anticipation - not where the action is taking place, but where… — Lawrence Schiller Copy Share Image
