Best Photograph Quotations

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I suspect it is for one's self-interest that one looks at one's surroundings and one's self. This search is personally born and is indeed my… — Lee Friedlander
Seeing is not enough; you have to feel what you photograph — Andre Kertesz
The photograph is completely abstracted from life, yet it looks like life. That is what has always excited me about photography. — Richard Kalvar
The photograph should be more interesting or more beautiful than what was photographed — Garry Winogrand
My portraits are more about me than they are about the people I photograph. — Richard Avedon
Perishability in a photograph is important in a picture. If a photograph looks perishable we say, "Gee, I'm glad I have that moment." — John Loengard
The camera can photograph thought. — Dirk Bogarde
I photograph to see what the world looks like in photographs. — Garry Winogrand
I don't have anything to say in any picture. My only interest in photography is to see what something looks like as a photograph. I… — Garry Winogrand
For spiritual companions I have had the many artists who have relied on nature to help shape their imagination. And their most elaborate equipment was… — Sam Abell
If it's a likeness, alone, it's not a success. If, through my portraits, you can come to know the subjects more meaningfully, if it synthesizes… — Yousuf Karsh
When I make a photograph I want it to be an altogether new object, complete and self-contained, whose basic condition is order (unlike the world… — Aaron Siskind
A good print is really essential. I want to take strong documentary photographs that are as good technically as any of the best technical photographs,… — Mary Ellen Mark
I think you reveal yourself by what you choose to photograph, but I prefer photographs that tell more about the subject. There's nothing much interesting… — Mary Ellen Mark
I have often thought that if photography were difficult in the true sense of the term-meaning that the creation of a simple photograph would entail… — Ansel Adams
I have a way to photograph. You work with space, you have a camera, you have a frame, and then a fraction of a second.… — Sebastiao Salgado
My true program is summed up in one word: life. I expect to photograph anything suggested by that word which appeals to me. — Edward Weston
I took to photography like a duck to water. I never wanted to do anything else. Excitement about the subject is the voltage which pushes… — Berenice Abbott
Above all, it's hard learning to live with vivid mental images of scenes I cared for and failed to photograph. It is the edgy existence… — Sam Abell
My first priority when taking pictures is to achieve clarity. A good documentary photograph transmits the information of the situation with the utmost fidelity; achieving… — Sam Abell
And that desire-the strong desire to take pictures-is important. It borders on a need, based on a habit: the habit of seeing. Whether working or… — Sam Abell
I have always thought that if I could turn back the pages of history and photograph one man, my choice would be Moses. — Margaret Bourke-White
There are no photographs while I'm reloading . — Garry Winogrand
I never liked photography. Not for the sake of photography. I like the object. I like the photographs when you hold them in your hand. — Robert Mapplethorpe
I don't really remember the day when I stood behind my camera with Henry Kissinger on the other side. I am sure he doesn't remember… — Richard Avedon

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