The photograph isolates and perpetuates a moment of time: an important and revealing moment, or an unimportant and meaningless one, depending upon the photographer's understanding of his subject and mastery of his process. — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
In common with other artists the photographer wants his finished print to convey to others his own response to his subject. In the fulfillment of this aim, his greatest asset is the directness of the process he employs. But this… — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
I don't care if you make a print on a bath mat, just as long as it is a good print. — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
Since the recording process is instantaneous, and the nature of the image such that it cannot survive corrective handwork, it is obvious that the… — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
for the obvious reason that nature - unadulterated and unimproved by man - is simply chaos. In fact, the camera proves that nature is… — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
Now one does not think during creative work: any more than one thinks when driving a car. One has a background of years —… — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
The photographer's most important and likewise most difficult task is not learning to manage his camera, or to develop, or to print. It is… — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
......so called “composition” becomes a personal thing, to be developed along with technique, as a personal way of seeing. — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
Very often people looking at my pictures say, 'You must have had to wait a long time to get that cloud just right (or… — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
An excellent conception can be quite obscured by faulty technical execution or clarified by faultless technique. — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
I would say to any artist: Don't be repressed in your work, dare to experiment, consider any urge, if in a new direction all… — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
Ultimately success or failure in photographing people depends on the photographer's ability to understand his fellow man. — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
Consulting the rules of composition before taking a photograph, is like consulting the laws of gravity before going for a walk. — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
