Photography's central sense of purpose and aesthetic: the precise and lucid description of significant fact. — John Szarkowski Copy Share Image
Because we see reality in different ways, we must understand that we are looking at different truths rather than the truth and that, therefore,… — John Szarkowski Copy Share
Whatever else a photograph may be about, it is inevitably about photography, the container and vehicle of all its meanings. — John Szarkowski Copy Share
Photography's central sense of purpose and aesthetic: the precise and lucid description of significant fact. — John Szarkowski Copy Share
The central act of photography, the act of choosing and eliminating, forces a concentration on the picture edge - the line that separates in… — John Szarkowski Copy Share
One of the leading uses of photography by the mass media came to be called photojournalism. From the late 'twenties' to the early 'fifties'… — John Szarkowski Copy Share
The photographer’s vision convinces us to the degree that the photographer hides his hand. — John Szarkowski Copy Share
In practice a photographer does not concern himself with philosophical issues while working; he makes photographs, working with subject matter that he thinks will… — John Szarkowski Copy Share
Trained as a musician, [photographer Ansel] Adams understood the richness of variation that could be unfolded from a simple theme. — John Szarkowski Copy Share
Pure photography is a system of picture-making that describes more or less faithfully what might be seen through a rectangular frame from a particular… — John Szarkowski Copy Share
The invention of photography provided a radically new picture-making process - a process based not on synthesis but on selection. The difference was a… — John Szarkowski Copy Share
“There is a terrible truthfulness about photography. The ordinary academician gets hold of a pretty model, paints her as well as he can, calls… — John Szarkowski Copy Share
