Accidents Quote by Ansel Adams

A photograph is not an accident - it is a concept.

— Ansel Adams

Photography is an accident.

— Patrick Demarchelier

Photography's history is bound to the mistake, to the accident.

— Taryn Simon

For a photographer, it's a necessity that you can shoot stuff magically. Accidents are necessary, but after I take the photograph, it's not over.…

— Rinko Kawauchi

“A photograph is usually the photographer’s subconscious attempted to possess the photographed moment.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

I think what makes a picture is a moment that is completely spontaneous and natural and unaffected by the photographer.

— Bill Eppridge

Photographs offer more than decisive moments. They are not alone, they add and subtract and change with time. They are metaphors for our lives...…

— Edmundo Desnoes

I know that the accident of my being a photographer has made my life possible.

— Richard Avedon

I came to photography by accident.

— Eve Arnold

Photography to me is catching a moment which is passing, and which is true.

— Jacques-Henri Lartigue

When you use film, you use accidents, but there aren't any accidents with digital photography. I don't mind that it's easy. But I do…

— William Klein

Perishability in a photograph is important in a picture. If a photograph looks perishable we say, "Gee, I'm glad I have that moment."

— John Loengard