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Photographs Quotes by John Szarkowski
- The basic material of photographs is not intrinsically beautiful. It's not like ivory or tapestry or bronze or oil on canvas. You're not supposed to…
- In practice a photographer does not concern himself with philosophical issues while working; he makes photographs, working with subject matter that he thinks will make…
- They were ... pure and unadulterated photographs, and sometimes they hinted at the existence of visual truths that had escaped all other systems of detection.
- The world now contains more photographs than bricks, and they are, astonishingly, all different.
More Photographs Quotes
- All photographs are accurate. None of them is the truth. — Richard Avedon
- When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence. — Ansel Adams
- There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs. — Ansel Adams
- Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop. — Ansel Adams
- Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs. — Ansel Adams
- A review of summit day photographs will show that I was clothed in the latest, highest quality, high altitude gear, comparable, if… — Anatoli Boukreev
- A completely disrespectful photographer was asked to stop taking photographs, and then said, 'I've got what I want. What are you going… — Gabriel Byrne
- Take a random selection of photographs of America in 2012 and 2002 and 1992 and, except for the skinny jeans and the… — Graydon Carter
- To take photographs means to recognize - simultaneously and within a fraction of a second - both the fact itself and the… — Henri Cartier-Bresson
- I have photographs taken of me at the time I was addicted, and thought I looked good. I see them today and… — Kirstie Alley
- I think of myself as a writer who photographs. Images, for me, can be considered poems, short stories or essays. And I've… — Sam Abell
- 'Woman on the Plaza,' with its distinct horizon, snow-like surfaces, wintry wall, stunning sunlight, sharp shadows, and hurrying figure, would become the… — Sam Abell