Photography Quotes · Page 73

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

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

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

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

— Thom Yorke

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

— Joe Keery

You have to be careful of the pictures you make. You should ask, Will it have universal appeal, will it have an…

— Van Heflin

I believe that photographers should be passionate, determined, disciplined and ready to seek out their own styles and identities.

— Michael Kenna

The more distant and distinct the relationship between two realities that are brought together, the more powerful the image.

— Pierre Reverdy

People don't realize what they have when they own a picture by me. Each picture is a phial with my blood. That…

— Pablo Picasso

If I want a small take-everywhere camera, I prefer my iPhone 5, which has colors and tonal range superior to any DSLR…

— Ken Rockwell

I wish I could stop for every photo, but sometimes I can't, I would never want to let any of you down,…

— Conor Maynard

Words are a completely different form of expression. The word P-E-N-I-S is an entirely different form of communication than a photograph of…

— Paul Schrader

The camera cannot leave the man, but the man can leave the camera. It's in the style of documentary where you make…

— Tobias Lindholm

There were a lot of times in the Cleveland and Chicago organizations when I did something, they wanted to make sure the…

— Albert Belle

“At times throughout the night, they seemed to turn from real, living people into mere photographs of people, and then from photographs…

— Josh Ritter

I built my own studio. I don't have the professional language to describe it because I'm not a videographer - but I'm…

— Edward Snowden

What sets 'Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children' apart is Riggs's use of 'found' photographs as a spark of inspiration for the…

— Claire Cameron

It's not that I wrote those details, but photos can give you the confidence that you have a real feel for the…

— Chang-Rae Lee

If you look at a photograph, and you think, 'My isn't that a beautiful photograph,' and you go on to the next…

— Duane Michals

My objective always is to stay as close as possible and shoot the pictures as if through the eyes of the infantryman,…

— David Douglas Duncan

I've always been interested in people that you wouldn't see otherwise. If you look back at my books, photographs, and films-and since…

— Larry Clark

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

— Jennifer Finney Boylan

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

— Patrick Demarchelier

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

— Henri Cartier-Bresson

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

— Alfred Eisenstaedt

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

— Alan Rickman

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

— Philippe Halsman

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

— Joshua Leonard

I don't like when people put on this facade and they're perfect in every photo.

— Stassi Schroeder

Which of my photographs is my favorite? The one I'm going to take tomorrow.

— Imogen Cunningham

“Posing is death. I think when you make people pose for a photograph, you kill them.”

— Edwidge Danticat

Photographers can either look out the window at the world or they can look in the mirror.

— David Alan Harvey

My favorite photograph, is the one I will take tomorrow.

— Pete Souza

My selfie game has had to increase by 100 million per cent!

— Naughty Boy

If a picture is worth a thousand words, please paint me the Gettysburg Address.

— Leo Rosten

It's not about the picture being taken.. it's about the story that comes with it.

— LostInTears

When I left art college, I was a still photographer for a year.

— Roger Deakins