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Photographer Quotes by Minor White
- The photographer projects himself into everything he sees, identifying himself with everything in order to know it and to feel it better.
- Different levels of photography require different levels of understanding and skill. A "press the button, let George do the rest" photographer needs little or no…
- Some of the young photographers today enter photography where I leave off. My "grandchildren" astound me. What I worked for they seem to be born…
- ...innocence of eye has a quality of its own. It means to see as a child sees, with freshness and acknowledgment of the wonder; it…
- Photographers who come up with power never get accused of imitating anyone else even though they photograph the same broom, same street, same portraits.
- When I looked at things for what they are I was fool enough to persist in my folly and found that each photograph was a…
- I have often photographed when I am not in tune with nature but the photographs look as if I had been. So I conclude that…
- No matter how slow the film, Spirit always stands still long enough for the photographer It has chosen.
More Photographer Quotes
- All photographs are accurate. None of them is the truth. — Richard Avedon
- It takes a lot of imagination to be a good photographer. You need less imagination to be a painter because you can… — David Bailey
- Anybody can be a great photographer if they zoom in enough on what they love. — David Bailey
- I never set out to be a photographer. — David Bailey
- The reason I did fashion was it was the only way to get paid to do anything creative. You couldn't support yourself… — 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
- There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer. — Ansel Adams
- Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art. — 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