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Photography Quotes by David Hurn
- There are many forms of photography. I consider myself simply a recorder of that which I find of interest around me. I personally have no…
- Life as it unfolds in front of the camera is full of so much complexity, wonder and surprise that I find it unnecessary to create…
- I'm a photographer, obviously. My chosen tool for understanding life, and communicating the results of this search to others, is the camera.
- My advice is: learn from the best or teach yourself. And do not bother at all if you do not have an exaggerated sense of…
- This idea fascinates me. The idea that a few seconds of watching a photographer in action can tell you his/her status in the medium. And…
- ...one day I was speculating on how I would like to look back on life and I decided I wanted to feel that I was…
- I never claim my photographs reveal some definitive truth. I claim that this is what I saw and felt about the subject at the time…
- I think of myself as a reportage photographer. I like the word. It implies a personal account of an observed event with connotations of subjectivity…
- You are not a photographer because you are interested in photography.
- Learn from the best; the second raters have nothing to offer.
- The destination of the photograph is to reveal what something or somebody looked like, under a particular set of conditions, at a particular moment in…
- In previous ages the word 'art' was used to cover all forms of human skill. The Greeks believed that these skills were given by the…
- It is the purpose of life that each of us strives to become actually what he or she is potentially. Each photographer, then, should be…
- The fundamental issue is one of emphasis: you are not a photographer because you are interested in photography...The reason is that photography is only a…
- For me photography is an excuse to be nosy about things I want to know about.
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