The longer we lived with it the more we wanted something less about process and more about life. — Sam Abell Life Copy Share Image
It's more difficult now, to be a Geographic photographer, than it was when I came along. And it wasn't easy at that… — Sam Abell Difficult Copy Share Image
It matters little how much equipment we use; it matters much that we be masters of all we do use. — Sam Abell Equipment Copy Share Image
I had luck, but I worked hard and I suffered. It's not just photography I'm talking about. It's about whatever dream you… — Sam Abell Dream Copy Share Image
[In the late 80's] that's the first time I heard about that astonishing idea [that most photographs would be taken on telephones].… — Sam Abell Astonishing Copy Share Image
I think that it's workshops, honestly, that have kept me keen about photography, and about my photography. My career as a workshop… — Sam Abell Career Copy Share Image
The best lesson I was given is that all of life teaches, especially if we have that expectation. — Sam Abell Expectations Copy Share Image
My parents, grandmother and brother were teachers. My mother taught Latin and French and was the school librarian. My father taught geography… — Sam Abell Beloved Copy Share Image
It's a little bit like talking about the life of writing. The life of writing may be about many things, but it… — Sam Abell Bits Copy Share Image
It actually has transcended my career at the Geographic, so that when my career there ended, I had momentum as a teacher,… — Sam Abell Belief Copy Share Image
Exotic novelty. My statement to [people] is always, well, set this picture in your home town, is it still an interesting picture?… — Sam Abell Care Copy Share Image
For sheer majestic geography and sublime scale, nothing beats Alaska and the Yukon. For culture, Japan. And for all-around affection, Australia. — Sam Abell Affection Copy Share Image
When I first went to 'National Geographic,' I thought I was the least qualified person to step through the doors. But because… — Sam Abell Believe Copy Share Image
'Woman on the Plaza,' with its distinct horizon, snow-like surfaces, wintry wall, stunning sunlight, sharp shadows, and hurrying figure, would become the… — Sam Abell Abstract Copy Share Image
There isn't an aspect of book creation I don't enjoy, and there has always been a book in my life to dream… — Sam Abell Aspect Copy Share Image
The neatest part of this book I'm working on - to me - are the pictures that show the process... Because photographers...… — Sam Abell Book Copy Share Image
I'm interested in smokers standing on ledges, and big box stores, the rise of the suburbs, and the hollowing out of small… — Sam Abell Bigs Copy Share Image
There's a great quote about Virginia Woolf, she had the same spiritual stake in her diaries as she had in her writing. — Sam Abell Diaries Copy Share Image
[ My time and our common culture] it's what I'm photographing, and I'm very involved with that. — Sam Abell Common Copy Share Image
First of all, I appropriate photographs.In presenting the Richard Prince photograph I tried to be as neutral as I could be. I… — Sam Abell Appropriate Copy Share Image
Editorial photography has to be energetic and visually competitive. — Sam Abell Energetic Copy Share Image
My connection to Santa Fe is very closely, and continuously a connection with Reid. I believe in him and his philosophy of… — Sam Abell Believe Copy Share Image
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