Photography, alone of the arts, seems perfected to serve the desire humans have for a moment - this very moment - to… — Sam Abell Art Copy Share Image
I did it once, and National Geographic recruited me. I did it primarily out of curiosity. A lot of legendary photographers had… — Sam Abell Campaigns Copy Share Image
I can't speak for other photographers, but the photographers who went forward strongly when the so-called "official" part of their career ended,… — Sam Abell Careers Copy Share Image
Actually, ambition won't get you that far. You'll shift gears. You'll see something that's shinier. But if you believe... then you're the… — Sam Abell Ambition Copy Share Image
A mad, keen photographer needs to get out into the world and work and make mistakes. — Sam Abell Failure Copy Share Image
I have this awareness that the more dynamic the situation is, the more on guard I need to be that the dynamic… — Sam Abell Animal Copy Share Image
What I'm interested in is modern American history. I'm taken with the changes that have occurred in America in my lifetime. — Sam Abell America Copy Share Image
Life rarely presents fully finished photographs. An image evolves, often from a single strand of visual interest - a distant horizon, a… — Sam Abell Evolve Copy Share Image
Photographs that transcend but do not deny their literal situation appeal to me. — Sam Abell Appeals Copy Share Image
I wanted life to be episodic. I wanted to be a magazine photographer and I was willing to do what it took… — Sam Abell Life Copy Share Image
That statement [ Stephen Ambrose:'You, Sam, have the hardest job, which is, pretend like nothing has happened in the last 200 years.']… — Sam Abell Facts Copy Share Image
Even though I teach with 35mm, my method takes people by surprise, because it isn't fast, and it isn't about hardware or… — Sam Abell Great results Copy Share Image
The class that I teach is called "The Life of a Photograph." It takes up the question, of the billion photographs that… — Sam Abell Billions Copy Share Image
In the last workshop I taught, a woman flew in from Thailand. She's a medical doctor in Bangkok. I asked her in… — Sam Abell Art Copy Share Image
I did a story for the Geographic on Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, and Stephen Ambrose was the writer. He said, "I've… — Sam Abell All time Copy Share Image
Teaching has never been far from my life. It's the most natural thing I do. Apparently, as I said, I cannot not… — Sam Abell Education Copy Share Image
I started teaching in '76 and I'd been a photographer at the Geographic for six years. But prior to being at the… — Sam Abell Brother Copy Share Image
When assignments were over, photography continued. One of the primary reasons it did was that I wanted and needed to have fresh… — Sam Abell Appreciate Copy Share Image
There are things that I teach, about building photographs, and that's why people come to my workshops. When people come to the… — Sam Abell Building Copy Share Image
I'm very involved in photographing America now, so I don't think of faraway places, as I did when I was young. — Sam Abell America Copy Share Image
How the visual world appears is important to me. I'm always aware of the light. I'm always aware of what I would… — Sam Abell Composition Copy Share Image
We know that photographs inform people. We also know that photographs move people. The photograph that does both is the one we… — Sam Abell Doe Copy Share Image
This might seem off the track, but an interesting thing to me that others could talk about better than I, but one… — Sam Abell Areas Copy Share Image
