Photography Quotes · Page 115

There's always a certain amount of camera improvisation.

— Allan Dwan

I think I've spent more time in front of a camera than off camera. That's just the way it is.

— Nicolas Cage

The photographer hopes, in brief, to discover a tension so exact that it is peace.

— Robert Adams

When I was young, I felt my talent lay in photography, not movies.

— Karan Kapoor

“Related image ... I had too much fun with Photoshop...”

— Shannon Messenger

To me, pictures are like blintzes - ya gotta get 'em while they're hot.

— Weegee

I shutter to think how many people are underexposed and lacking depth in this field.

— Rick Steves

I make the woman look at the camera as a symbol of all the eyes that will see the picture I am…

— Philippe Halsman

I'm petrified of facing the camera. Even to shoot for a photograph is an ordeal. But it's important to break free of…

— Sanjay Leela Bhansali

But in the old days, visual artists used to fall into two distinct categories: those of us who created images with cameras…

— Buffy Sainte-Marie

All people have a photographic memory, some just don't have the film. I do, but it never develops quite right.

— Anonymous

Hidden camera shows were coming back around 2010, so we got together one night and we said, 'What's our version of a…

— James Murray

I love to photograph the tools of one's trade: Duncan Grant's paintbrushes, the typewriter of Herman Hesse, or even my own guitar,…

— Patti Smith

Photographers and people do try to take advantage of you. You just have to stand your ground and prove you're not an…

— Terry Farrell

I went to Yosemite as an homage to Ansel Adams. I could never be Ansel Adams, but to know that's there for…

— Annie Leibovitz

All I'm doing is photographing. When I was working on The Animals, I was working on a lot of other things too.…

— Garry Winogrand

Detachment, lack of sentimentality, originality, a lot of things that sound rather empty. I know what they mean. Let's say, "visual impact"…

— Walker Evans

Shooting on film is great because it imparts discipline: What do you need to see so you're not finding it in the…

— Dee Rees

This exhibition brings the students' conversations about photography into the Museum space, ... The images in Reclaiming Beautiful present the teenagers' new…

— Francisco de Quevedo

My dad was always taking photos of us at home, and even on set - he'd bring us along and stick us…

— Ansel Elgort

Photography is to the layman perhaps the most enticing art. As a buff and a follower, at a respectful distance, I find…

— Norman Corwin

I never designed before. I wasn't formally trained in design, I went to photography school at the ICP. But over time, I…

— Minnie Mortimer

“When I was in school, I wanted to be W. Eugene Smith. He was a legendary staffer at Life, a consummate photojournalist,…

— Joe McNally

If we examine a work of ordinary art, by means of a powerful microscope, all traces of resemblance to nature will disappear…

— Edgar Allan Poe

Being behind a camera, in front of the camera, is my own little deconstructionist niche.

— Joshua Leonard

“...a memoir is meant to be an impression of life, and not a photograph.”

— Jennifer Finney Boylan

Mostly, people want to take pictures sometimes of me, or they'll say, 'Hey.' That's been kinda cool.

— Joe Keery

Memory is very important, the memory of each photo taken, flowing at the same speed as the event.

— Henri Cartier-Bresson

When you're a fashion photographer, you must inspire a dream,

— Patrick Demarchelier

I'm always aware of the camera and it feels like that's the audience.

— Alan Rickman

I don't like to work with assistants. I'm already one too many; the camera alone would be enough.

— Alfred Eisenstaedt

I'm even taller in person, because photographs shrink you down and steal your soul native american.

— Thom Yorke

Photography is a weapon against what's wrong out there. It's bearing witness to the truth.

— Brent Stirton

I find the single most valuable tool in my darkroom is my trash can

— John Sexton

The pictures which do not represent an intense interest cannot expect to create an intense interest.

— Robert Henri

And thou shalt in thy daughter see, This picture, once, resembled thee.

— Ambrose Philips

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

— John Szarkowski

“The way the sun reflects light, the water, and vibrant color is what I can proudly call photography.”

— Tanya van Rooyen

I always have a little camera on me whenever I leave the house.

— John Wilson

Don't post hunting for ego boost, yeah I have a tolerance, but it ends with daily selfies.

— Aruho Marvin