It is the gift of seeing the life around them clearly and vividly, as something that is exciting in its own right. It is an innate gift, varying in intensity with the individual's temperament and environment. — Bill Brandt Copy Share Image
By temperament I am not unduly excitable and certainly not trigger-happy. I think twice before I shoot and very often do not shoot at all. By professional standards I do not waste a lot of film; but by the standards… — Bill Brandt Copy Share Image
It is part of the photographer's job to see more intensely than most people do. He must have and keep in him something of… — Bill Brandt Copy Share Image
Photography is not a sport. It has no rules. Everything must be dared and tried! — Bill Brandt Copy Share Image
Most photographers would feel a certain embarrassment in admitting publicly that they carried within them a sense of wonder, yet without it they would… — Bill Brandt Copy Share Image
A photographer must be prepared to catch and hold on to those elements which give distinction to the subject or lend it atmosphere. — Bill Brandt Copy Share Image
The vital elements are often momentary, change-sent things ... a gleam of light on water, a trail of smoke from a passing train, a… — Bill Brandt Copy Share Image
It is essential for the photographer to know the effect of his lenses. The lens is his eye, and it makes or ruins his… — Bill Brandt Copy Share Image
The good photographer will produce a competent picture every time whatever his subject. But only when his subject makes and immediate and direct appeal… — Bill Brandt Copy Share Image
The photographer must possess and preserve the receptive faculties of a child who looks at the world for the first time. — Bill Brandt Copy Share Image
I consider it essential that the photographer should do his own printing and enlarging. The final effect of the finished print depends so much… — Bill Brandt Copy Share Image
And only the photographer himself knows the effect he wants. He should know by instinct, grounded in experience, what subjects are enhanced by hard… — Bill Brandt Copy Share Image
Photographers should follow their own judgment, and not the fads and dictates of others. Photography is still a very new medium and everything is… — Bill Brandt Copy Share Image
Sometimes they are a matter of luck; the photographer could not expect or hope for them. Sometimes they are a matter of patience, waiting… — Bill Brandt Copy Share Image
