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Photograph Quotes by Mary Ellen Mark
- 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,…
- 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…
- Photograph the world as it is. Nothing's more interesting than reality.
- No, I don't think you're ever an objective observer. By making a frame you're being selective, then you edit the pictures you want published and…
- I want my photographs not only to be real but to portray the essence of my subjects also. In order to do that, you have…
- I think you have to have a real point of view that's your own. You have to tell it your way. And, I think that…
- Im just interested in what makes a photograph.
- Sometimes I work on film sets. I've done this for 40 years. I always wanted to photograph on the set of an Ingmar Bergman film.…
- There are some people who become best friends with everyone they photograph. There are people that I really like and admire and respect, but in…
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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