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Photograph Quotes by Howard S. Becker
- Photographers learn to interpret photographs in that technical way because they want to understand and use that 'language' themselves just as musicians learn a more…
- Laymen learn to read photographs the way they do headlines, skipping over them quickly to get the gist of what is being said. Photographers, on…
- Every part of the photographic image carries some information that contributes to its total statement; the viewer's responsibility is to see, in the most literal…
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- All photographs are accurate. None of them is the truth. — Richard Avedon
- Rockers are the nicest people to photograph. They have no inhibitions. — David Bailey
- 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