Andreas Feininger Quotes

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• It's nothing but a matter of seeing, thinking, and interest. That's what makes a good photograph. And then rejecting anything that would be bad for…
• Any good photograph is a successful synthesis of technique and art.
• No one can do inspired work without genuine interest in his subject and understanding of its characteristics.
• What matters is not what you photograph, but why and how you photograph it. Even the most controversial subject, if depicted by a sensitive photographer…
• The difference in 'seeing' between the eye and the lens should make it obvious that a photographer who merely points his camera at an appealing…
• A technically perfect photograph can be the world's most boring picture.
• The first impression of a new subject is not necessary the best. Seen from a different angle or under different condition it might look even…
• Human vision is untrustworthy, subjective and selective. Camera vision is total and non - objective.
• As an amateur you have an advantage over photographers - you can do as you wish... This should make amateurs the happiest of photographers.
• Two factors thus emerge as requisites of success in the field of creative photography. First, the subject must be photogenic. Second, its re-creation in a…
• Photographers - idiots, of which there are so many - say, "Oh, if only I had a Nikon or a Leica, I could make great…
• Experience has shown that the more fascinating the subject, the less observant the photographer.
• Don't look for "depth" but instead search for subject aspects which prove the presence of depth.
• Before you shoot an irresistible subject, mute all your senses except sight to find out how much is left for the camera to record.
• Every successful photograph, except for lucky shots, begins with an idea and a plan. The more precisely a photographer knows what it is he wishes…
• Realism and superrealism are what I'm after. This world is full of things the eye doesn't see. The camera can see more, and often 10…
• With a short lens I can reveal the hidden things near at hand, with a long lens the hidden things far away. The telephoto lens…
• The camera can push the new medium to its limits - and beyond. It is there - in the "beyond" - that the imaginative photographer…
• Light is the photographic medium par excellence; it is to the photographer what words are to the writer; color and paint to the painter; wood,…
• Know - how is worthless unless guided by know - why and know - when.

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