Photographic Quotes

94 quotes by 76 authors

I have a photographic memory; I just haven't developed it yet. — Jonathan Winters
The photographic image... is a message without a code. — Roland Barthes
When one studies strongly radioactive substances special precautions must be taken if one wishes to be able to take delicate measurements. The various objects used… — Marie Curie
With crystals we are in a situation similar to an attempt to investigate an optical grating merely from the spectra it produces... But a knowledge… — Max von Laue
I have a deep love and respect for children and I cannot imagine photographic life without them playing a major part. I hope that through… — Anne Geddes
I do not object to retouching, dodging or accentuation as long as they do not interfere with the natural qualities of photographic technique. — Alfred Stieglitz
I think that emotional content is an image's most important element, regardless of the photographic technique. Much of the work I see these days lacks… — Anne Geddes
The photographer's problem is to see clearly the limitations and at the same time the potential qualities of his medium, for it is precisely here… — Paul Strand
A photographic portrait is a picture of someone who knows he's being photographed, and what he does with this knowledge is as much a part… — Richard Avedon
I was extravagant in the matter of cameras - anything photographic - I had to have the best. But that was to further my work.… — Edward Weston
Producing a photographic document involves preparation in excess. There is first the examination of the idea of the project. Then the visits to the scene,… — Aaron Siskind
More and more are turning to photography as a medium of expression as well as communication. The leavening of aesthetic approaches continues. While it is… — Beaumont Newhall
While a painting, even one that meets photographic standards of resemblance, is never more than the stating of an interpretation, a photograph is never less… — Susan Sontag
In the absence of a subject with which you are passionately involved, and without the excitement that drives you to grasp it and exhaust it,… — Brassai
The term accessories has come to include a host of photographic gadgets of questionable value... — Ansel Adams
I would love to have a photographic memory. It would come in handy with the rants I'm given on Scrubs... often on short notice! — John C. McGinley
The ideal photographic document would appear to be without author or art. — Lewis Baltz
Modeling is a way for me to continue with my sport, the hours are flexible and you can earn good money through photographic modeling and… — Leryn Franco
For more than twenty years by my own work and personal initiative, I have gathered from all the old streets of Vieux Paris photographic plates,… — Eugene Atget
I am a pationate lover of the snapshot, because of all photographic images, it comes closest to the truth ... the snapshooter['s] pictures have an… — Lisette Model

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