Photography Quotes · Page 78

Some speak of a return to nature, I wonder where they could have been?

— Frederick Sommer

Who sees the human face correctly;the painter the photographer or the mirror?

— Lekan Wahab

I love to photograph the gorgeous landscapes when I travel.

— Blake Lively

What inspires me still: travel, art, photography, my kids, the places I haven't been to yet.

— Jillian Barberie

I've had small parts in big pictures and big parts in small pictures.

— Candy Darling

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

There is a word we haven't used yet: virginity... To make a photograph, the plate must be virgin, but your eye as…

— Edouard Boubat

A photographer kept shooting me every time I swung. I was very flattered until I found out he was from Field and…

— Bob Hope

I've picked a camera up a few times. I remember buying my first camera when I was about 18 and really going…

— Aneurin Barnard

People are much more willing nowadays to believe that pictures lie than [that] they can express any kind of truth.

— Laurie Simmons

It's in my nature to want every image of me to be authentic but at the end of the day as a…

— Denise Bidot

If you are interested in photography because you love it and are obsessed with it, you must be self-motivated, a perfectionist, and…

— Mary Ellen Mark

Running backwards down the stairs, holding the camera, trying to focus on what's in front of you is difficult, and you need…

— Sam Hargrave

There's an awful lot of work being done that no one ever sees, or that is only seen in the gallery world.…

— Stuart Franklin

There are hundreds of books about Woodrow Wilson, but I have an image of him in my mind that is unlike any…

— A. Scott Berg

A camera is wild in just about anybody's hands, therefore one must set limits. But cameras have a life of their own.…

— Robert Smithson

I like to take things as they come and, as much as possible, not force anything. I think I could wind up…

— Hayden Christensen

It takes a lot of imagination to be a good photographer. You need less imagination to be a painter because you can…

— David Bailey

Over the years I have photographed thousands of people. I have never stopped being curious and trying to discover new worlds. I…

— Joyce Tenneson

Photography, of course, is the perfect medium for the investigation. It can reveal the truth of present day specifics and particularities, while…

— John Pfahl

It's funny, but certain faces seem to go in and out of style. You look at old photographs and everybody has a…

— Alan Moore

“Grammar is a piano I play by ear, since I seem to have been out of school the year the rules were…

— Joan Didion

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

— Rick Steves

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

The camera can film my face but until it captures my soul, you don't have a movie,

— Al Pacino

Stress is real, and you never know what a person is going through behind the camera.

— Soulja Boy

There's always a certain amount of camera improvisation.

— Allan Dwan

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'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

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

— Joe Keery

“...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