--- title: "7 Understand Photography Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 7 Understand Photography quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Understand Photography sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbb/alfred-stieglitz-13773_art_before-the-people-at-large-and-for-that_380618.jpg" --- > [Before the people at large, and for that matter, the artists themselves, understand what photography really means, as I understand that term,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-stieglitz/before-the-people-at-large-and-for-that-matter-the-artists-themselves/) [Alfred Stieglitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-stieglitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbb/alfred-stieglitz-13773_art_before-the-people-at-large-and-for-that_380618.jpg) > [We don't understand what photography is doing. We don't understand the power of its rhetoric. We don't understand why the Provoke photographers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stuart-franklin/we-don-t-understand-what-photography-is-doing-we-don-t-understand-the/) [Stuart Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stuart-franklin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df9/stuart-franklin-20575_ability_we-don-t-understand-what-photography-is_1142833.jpg) > [I am probably afraid that some spectator will not understand my photography - therefore I proceed to make it really less understandable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ansel-adams/i-am-probably-afraid-that-some-spectator-will-not-understand-my/) [Ansel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ansel-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba3/ansel-adams-2687_inspirational_i-am-probably-afraid-that-some-spectator_1357983.jpg) > [I meet young artists and it becomes clear that with some the main motivation is getting a show in Chelsea. It strikes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-shore/i-meet-young-artists-and-it-becomes-clear-that-with-some-the-main/) [Stephen Shore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-shore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37c/stephen-shore-18549_art_i-meet-young-artists-and-it-becomes-clea_1510616.png) > [It has been important to me, as an historian of photography, to understand photography by photographing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beaumont-newhall/it-has-been-important-to-me-as-an-historian-of-photography-to/) [Beaumont Newhall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beaumont-newhall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/821/beaumont-newhall-43597_has-beens_it-has-been-important-to-me-as-an-histor_2183606.png) > [You don't understand, photography is not about getting the right picture, it's about documenting your everyday life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivier-zahm/you-don-t-understand-photography-is-not-about-getting-the-right/) [Olivier Zahm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivier-zahm/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43a/olivier-zahm-46323_day-life_you-don-t-understand-photography-is-not_2241755.jpg) > [I would never understand photography, the sneaky, murderous taxidermy of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorrie-moore/i-would-never-understand-photography-the-sneaky-murderous-taxidermy/) [Lorrie Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorrie-moore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12c/lorrie-moore-870_murderous_i-would-never-understand-photography-the_2892061.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/understand-photography/#itemlist", "name": "Understand Photography Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Before the people at large, and for that matter, the artists themselves, understand what photography really means, as I understand that term, it is essential for them to be taught the real meaning of art.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alfred Stieglitz" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-stieglitz/before-the-people-at-large-and-for-that-matter-the-artists-themselves/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbb/alfred-stieglitz-13773_art_before-the-people-at-large-and-for-that_380618.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbb/alfred-stieglitz-13773_art_before-the-people-at-large-and-for-that_380618.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbb/alfred-stieglitz-13773_art_before-the-people-at-large-and-for-that_380618.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Before the people at large, and for that matter, the artists themselves, understand what photography really…” — Alfred Stieglitz", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We don't understand what photography is doing. 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