Photography Quotes · Page 220

The first day at the power plant I found myself photographing some steam vents on the roof of the structure. And I…

— John Sexton

I feel like an artist often turns the camera on themselves and on their own families to understand who they are.

— Laurie Simmons

I have to be reminded, “’It’s your son’s birthday party. Bring a camera.’ And then, when I’m there, ‘Take a picture,’ because…

— Stephen Shore

We must remember that a photograph can hold just as much as we put into it, and no one has ever approached…

— Ansel Adams

The unconscious obsession that we photographers have is that wherever we go we want to find the theme that we carry inside…

— Graciela Iturbide

It's certainly important to include text beside documentary photographs. Furthermore, it's important to include text in a way that's useful and accessible.

— Stuart Franklin

Did I express my personality? I think that's quite unimportant because it's not people's selves but what they have to say about…

— Paul Strand

I was always trying to take art photographs, but the most interesting pictures were the snapshots. The artsy pictures were boring, always.

— Janet Malcolm

I think you reveal yourself by what you choose to photograph, but I prefer photographs that tell more about the subject. There's…

— Mary Ellen Mark

I have definitely been curious and involved in the process; even as a young actor. I was always looking at where the…

— Keanu Reeves

“One of the most magical things about photography happens when you place one picture next to another picture to create new meanings.…

— Todd Hido

“The sight of this woman infringing on the privacy of others so aggressively and casually sent revulsion through my entire being. What…

— Waswo X. Waswo

Let me here call attention to one of the most universally popular mistakes that have to do with photography - that of…

— Alfred Stieglitz

Twitter scares me. I think it's so amazing, like the internet in general, because of the connection that it gives people. But…

— Elisabeth Moss

! discovered photography completely by chance. My wife is an architect; when we were young and living in Paris, she bought a…

— Sebastiao Salgado

I think it's sad that we live in a world where men can steal and distribute and publish photos of women without…

— Marie Calloway

I'd have conversations with the camera crew about what was going on in the scene, so that they were prepared to shoot…

— Susan Sarandon

To say of a picture, as is often said in its praise, that it shows great and earnest labour, is to say…

— James Whistler

I actually like - if I may use the F word - fame. I like people stopping me in the street and…

— Frank Skinner

Photography is an adventure just as life is an adventure. If man wishes to express himself photographically, he must understand, surely to…

— Harry Callahan

There is no off position on my visual switch, and I don't want one. I love, and always have, telling stories with…

— Bill Frakes

Photography has clarity in the same way that language has. A word is precise, but its meaning can change based on the…

— Jason Fulford

Everybody takes at least 20, so even if you see a good selfie, it probably wasn't the first one. So my tip…

— Sabrina Carpenter

I hope you find time on your summer vacation to take breaks from posting photos of your summer vacation.

— Anonymous

A long, long time ago, I was in front of the 'Mona Lisa' and I heard someone saying, 'Ugh! Take your photo…

— Fab Moretti

If the picture needs varnishing later, I allow a restorer to do that, if there's any restoring necessary.

— Edward Hopper

I have boxes of pictures that nothing is ever going to happen to. Even Public Relations. I mean, I was going to…

— Garry Winogrand

My work is about making candy for the eyes. It's about grabbing your attention. Even though my work is appearing in magazines…

— David LaChapelle

My connection to Santa Fe is very closely, and continuously a connection with Reid. I believe in him and his philosophy of…

— Sam Abell

I think that there isn't a photograph in the world that has any narrative ability... They do not tell stories - they…

— Garry Winogrand

“One of the most pervasive mistakes is to believe that our visual system gives a faithful representation of what is “out there”…

— David Eagleman

I think that cinema and television have nothing in common. There is a breaking point between photography and cinema on the one…

— Paul Virilio

I hired people who would help me, you know, like a director of photography who wouldn't blind me with jargon about ratios…

— Ol Parker

My chief joy is to photograph the great in heart, in mind, and in spirit, whether they be famous or humble.

— Yousuf Karsh

The reason some portraits don't look true to life is that some people make no effort to resemble their pictures.

— Salvador Dali

I've created a vocabulary of different styles. I draw from many different ways to take a picture. Sometimes I go back to…

— Annie Leibovitz

If you are capable of making good pictures it's immoral not to do so, for whatever reason or excuse you might give.

— Jeff Wall

My wife made me a book of photographs she took of our road trip across the United States. Makes for a good…

— Paul Wesley

We photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing, and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth can make…

— Henri Cartier-Bresson

“Life is a photo album. Loaded with some black and white memories, some colorful dreams, some abstract expressionism and some out of…

— Biju Karakkonam, Nature and Wildlife Photographer