People say to me, "Who's your favorite kind of photographer?" Or "Who would be your favorite photographer to have in a workshop?"… — Sam Abell Dad Copy Share Image
Typically I see it with photographers who go to a place like India or Nepal, and everything's so colorful and exotic and… — Sam Abell Colorful Copy Share Image
My father taught me photography. It was his hobby, and we had a small darkroom in the fruit cellar of our basement.… — Sam Abell Basements Copy Share Image
There are a lot of ways to talk about the life of a photograph. You can talk about the afterlife of a… — Sam Abell Afterlife Copy Share Image
I was asked by a student what my most significant accomplishment was at National Geographic, after thirty years, and I said that… — Sam Abell Accomplishment Copy Share Image
For example, in my dorm, at the University of Kentucky, I had the only camera. I don't think anyone came to college… — Sam Abell Cameras Copy Share Image
"You know you are seeing such a photograph if you say to yourself, "I could have taken that picture. I've seen such… — Sam Abell Effects Copy Share Image
I was known as a 35-mm photographer with a view-camera mentality. — Sam Abell Cameras Copy Share Image
As I have practiced it, photography produces pleasure by simplicity. I see something special and show it to the camera. A picture… — Sam Abell Photography Copy Share Image
My dad had been an ardent amateur photographer, and he taught me to compose a photograph from the back to the front,… — Sam Abell Ardent Copy Share Image
But there is more to a fine photograph than information. We are also seeking to present an image that arouses the curiosity… — Sam Abell Asks Copy Share Image
In my first class at the University of Kentucky, my American Literature professor came in, and the first sentence out of his… — Sam Abell American literature Copy Share Image
The reason I don't want to say anything about it is it has a strange power to take over the conversation. Just… — Sam Abell Communication Copy Share Image
There are grander and more sublime landscapes - to me. There are more compelling cultures. But what appeals to me about central… — Sam Abell Appeals Copy Share Image
The thing with my workshops is, photography is a thoughtful process. In an atmosphere of fast photography, and generally thoughtless, quick, automatic… — Sam Abell Approach Copy Share Image
I now want to be a photographer of my time, and our common culture. — Sam Abell Common Copy Share Image
Above all, it's hard learning to live with vivid mental images of scenes I cared for and failed to photograph. It is… — Sam Abell Assurance Copy Share Image
Yes, there are billions more photographers, and billions more photographs every day, but who's building up a point of view? Who's photographing… — Sam Abell Billions Copy Share Image
Though Geographic didn't publish that photo in the story that it was done for, "The Life of Charlie Russell," a cowboy artist… — Sam Abell Art Copy Share Image
There are a lot of ways to be expressive in life, but I wasn't good at some of them. Music, for instance.… — Sam Abell Bought Copy Share Image
Increasingly, it's people not interested in National Geographic. — Sam Abell National geographic Copy Share Image
I will just say, appropriation is an intellectual idea until it happens to you. It's a philosophy, and it's got its own… — Sam Abell Appropriation Copy Share Image
For spiritual companions I have had the many artists who have relied on nature to help shape their imagination. And their most… — Sam Abell Art Copy Share Image
My best work is often almost unconscious and occurs ahead of my ability to understand it. — Sam Abell Ability Copy Share Image
One of the things that I most believe in is the compose and wait philosophy of photography. It’s a very satisfying, almost… — Sam Abell Believe Copy Share Image
