Know - how is worthless unless guided by know - why and know - when. — Andreas Feininger Inspirational Copy Share Image
Realism and superrealism are what I'm after. This world is full of things the eye doesn't see. The camera can see more,… — Andreas Feininger Cameras Copy Share Image
As an amateur you have an advantage over photographers - you can do as you wish... This should make amateurs the happiest… — Andreas Feininger Advantage Copy Share Image
... pay attention to everything within the field of view. — Andreas Feininger Attention Copy Share Image
The camera can push the new medium to its limits - and beyond. It is there - in the "beyond" - that… — Andreas Feininger Art Copy Share Image
Experience has shown that the more fascinating the subject, the less observant the photographer. — Andreas Feininger Fascinating Copy Share Image
The first impression of a new subject is not necessary the best. Seen from a different angle or under different condition it… — Andreas Feininger Angle Copy Share Image
With a short lens I can reveal the hidden things near at hand, with a long lens the hidden things far away.… — Andreas Feininger Bigs Copy Share Image
Any good photograph is a successful synthesis of technique and art. — Andreas Feininger Art Copy Share Image
Human vision is untrustworthy, subjective and selective. Camera vision is total and non - objective. — Andreas Feininger Cameras Copy Share Image
Light is the photographic medium par excellence; it is to the photographer what words are to the writer; color and paint to… — Andreas Feininger Clay Copy Share Image
Photographers - idiots, of which there are so many - say, "Oh, if only I had a Nikon or a Leica, I… — Andreas Feininger Heard Copy Share Image
Before you shoot an irresistible subject, mute all your senses except sight to find out how much is left for the camera… — Andreas Feininger Cameras Copy Share Image
And yet, in a superficial sense, it is true that the camera does not "lie": given a chance, it will faithfully render… — Andreas Feininger Attention Copy Share Image
Unless a subject interests me, I'll pass it over and save my film for better things. — Andreas Feininger Better things Copy Share Image
Two factors thus emerge as requisites of success in the field of creative photography. First, the subject must be photogenic. Second, its… — Andreas Feininger Creation Copy Share Image
The photographer has almost as much control over his subject matter as a painter. He can control light and shade, form and… — Andreas Feininger Composition Copy Share Image
A photographer who does not know how to translate his feelings and ideas into a graphically satisfactory form is bound to produce… — Andreas Feininger Bounds Copy Share Image
Don't look for "depth" but instead search for subject aspects which prove the presence of depth. — Andreas Feininger Aspect Copy Share Image
Once a photographer is convinced that the camera can lie and that, strictly speaking, the vast majority of photographs are camera lies,… — Andreas Feininger Attention Copy Share Image
A technically perfect photograph can be the world's most boring picture. — Andreas Feininger Boring Copy Share Image
What matters is not what you photograph, but why and how you photograph it. Even the most controversial subject, if depicted by… — Andreas Feininger Controversial Copy Share Image
(1) The more thoroughly a photographer explores his subject with the camera (i.e., the more pictures he makes), the more he sees… — Andreas Feininger Approach Copy Share Image
The difference in 'seeing' between the eye and the lens should make it obvious that a photographer who merely points his camera… — Andreas Feininger Cameras Copy Share Image
It's nothing but a matter of seeing, thinking, and interest. That's what makes a good photograph. And then rejecting anything that would… — Andreas Feininger Backgrounds Copy Share Image
