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Photograph Quotes by Diane Arbus
- A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know.
- I really believe there are things nobody would see if I didn't photograph them.
- One thing I would never photograph is a dog lying in the mud.
- Lately I've been struck with how I really love what you can't see in a photograph. An actual physical darkness. And it's very thrilling for…
- It would be beautiful to photograph the winners of everything from Nobel to booby prize, clutching trophy, or money or certificate, solemn or smiling or…
- There are an awful lot of people in the world and it's going to be terribly hard to photograph all of them... It was my…
- For me, the subject of the picture is always more important than the picture.
- What I'm trying to describe is that it's impossible to get out of your skin into somebody else's.... That somebody else's tragedy is not the…
- One thing that struck me early is that you don’t put into a photograph what’s going to come out. Or, vice versa, what comes out…
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- You have to kind of be invisible when you photograph children, so you use a longer lens. — David Bailey
- Actors are hard to photograph because they never want to reveal who they are. You don't know if you're getting a character… — David Bailey
- I don't see the point of photographing trees or rocks because they're there and anyone can photograph them if they're prepared to… — David Bailey
- You don't take a photograph, you make it. — Ansel Adams
- When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence. — Ansel Adams
- A good photograph is knowing where to stand. — Ansel Adams
- There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs. — Ansel Adams
- A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed. — Ansel Adams
- A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words. — Ansel Adams
- Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop. — Ansel Adams