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Photography Quotes by Berenice Abbott
- I didn't decide to be a photographer; I just happened to fall into it.
- Photography can only represent the present. Once photographed, the subject becomes part of the past.
- Photography helps people to see.
- The camera is no more an instrument of preservation, the image is.
- Does not the very word 'creative' mean to build, to initiate, to give out, to act - rather than to be acted upon, to be…
- Photography can never grow up if it imitates some other medium. It has to walk alone; it has to be itself.
- I took to photography like a duck to water. I never wanted to do anything else. Excitement about the subject is the voltage which pushes…
- The challenge for me has first been to see things as they are, whether a portrait, a city street, or a bouncing ball. In a…
- Let us first say what photography is not. A photograph is not a painting, a poem, a symphony, a dance. It is not just a…
- Pictures are wasted unless the motive power which impelled you to action is strong and stirring.
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- Photography doesn't teach you to express your emotions; it teaches you how to see.
- Imagine a world without photography, one could only imagine.
- Like every other means of expression, photography, if it is to be utterly honest and direct, should be related to the life of the times…
- I wanted to combine science and photography in a sensible, unemotional way. Some people’s ideas of scientific photography is just arty design, something pretty. That…
More Photography Quotes
- All photographs are accurate. None of them is the truth. — Richard Avedon
- In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present. — Francis Bacon
- It takes a lot of imagination to be a good photographer. You need less imagination to be a painter because you can… — David Bailey
- Rockers are the nicest people to photograph. They have no inhibitions. — David Bailey
- I never tried to revolutionise photography; I just do what I do and keep my fingers crossed that people will like it. — 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
- There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept. — Ansel Adams