Agree Quote by Berenice Abbott

I have yet to see a fine photograph which is not a good document.

— Berenice Abbott

Producing a photographic document involves preparation in excess. There is first the examination of the idea of the project. Then the visits to the…

— Aaron Siskind

Let us first say what photography is not. A photograph is not a painting, a poem, a symphony, a dance. It is not just…

— Berenice Abbott

What's important to me is that [photographs] have the appearance of being documents of what goes on. I like the illusion of veracity, that…

— Larry Sultan

What attracts me in photography is not so much a fine arts approach, but rather photographs as documents... All the ways in which human…

— Zoe Leonard

A photographer who does not know how to translate his feelings and ideas into a graphically satisfactory form is bound to produce ineffective photographs,…

— Andreas Feininger

Photography, when used as a representational art, is not a mere copy of nature. This is proved by the rarity of the 'good' photograph.

— Laszlo Moholy-Nagy

A good photograph is one that communicates a fact, touches the heart and leaves the viewer a changed person for having seen it. It…

— Irving Penn

Photography is very subjective. Photography is not a document on which a report can be made. It is a subjective document. Photography is a…

— Robert Doisneau

No one can really explain in a rational way what makes a good photograph or a bad photograph... This is why the art world…

— David Wojnarowicz

The ideal photographic document would appear to be without author or art.

— Lewis Baltz

A photograph is a most important document, and there is nothing more damning to go down to posterity than a silly, foolish smile caught…

— Mark Twain