Behinds Quote by Berenice Abbott

To chart a course, one must have a direction. In reality, the eye is no better than the philosophy behind it. The photographer creates,…

— Berenice Abbott

Photography must seize upon this moment and hold immobile the equilibrium of it. The photographers eye is perpetually evaluating. A photographer can bring coincidence…

— Henri Cartier-Bresson

In conclusion, the idea of direction on the part of the photographer has its greatest value when its processes are least discernible to the…

— Arthur Rothstein

A photographer looks at everything, which is why he must look from beginning to end. Face the subject head-on, stay fixed, turn the entire…

— Shomei Tomatsu

In order to be a successful Photographer, you must possess both Vision and Focus neither of which have anything to do with your eyes

— Kevin Russo

I had a growing feeling that most of the best art of the world in painting and sculpture had been done, and that this…

— Paul Outerbridge

The difference in 'seeing' between the eye and the lens should make it obvious that a photographer who merely points his camera at an…

— Andreas Feininger

At a fundamental level photography is much like pointing, and all of us occasionally point at things: look at that, look at that sailboat,…

— Keith Carter

Photography is choosing where to point your eye-cone.

— John Szarkowski

(1) The more thoroughly a photographer explores his subject with the camera (i.e., the more pictures he makes), the more he sees and the…

— Andreas Feininger

A good photograph will prove to the viewer how little our eyes permit us to see. Most people, really, don’t see-see only what they…

— Leon Levinstein

The goal for the photographer is be visually articulate.

— Dennis Stock