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- Nothing happens when you sit at home. I always make it a point to carry a camera with me at all times...I just shoot at…
- It's about reacting to what you see, hopefully without preconception. You can find pictures anywhere. It's simply a matter of noticing things and organising them.…
- Making pictures is a very simple act. There is no great secret in photography...schools are a bunch of crap. You just need practice and application…
- Making people laugh is one of the highest achievements you can have. And when you can make someone laugh and cry, alternatively, as Chaplin does…
- I like to think I keep my mind open. When I walk the streets I don't look for anything in particular. I come from a…
- There's no great mystique to photography. A lot of photographers like to put their hands up to their forehead and tell you how they've suffered…
- As a professional photographer I take photographs for other people to see - but I want them to see what I see. So I never…
- The work I care about is terribly simple. I observe. I try to entertain. But above all I want my pictures to be emotional. Little…
- I see no difference between my pictures that people consider amusing and the rest. To me, it's all serious work - they're just a reaction…
- Good photography is not about Zone Printing or any other Ansel Adams nonsense. It's just about seeing. You either see or you don't see. The…
- The main thing is to study pictures and stop listening to the pontifictaions of photographers. Photographers aren't oracles of wisdom. If they're good photographers, then…
- You must have a visual sense if you want to be a photographer. It is a very subtle thing, this visual business.
- All the technique in the world doesn't compensate for the inability to notice.
- It's about time we started to take photography seriously and treat it as a hobby.
- Quality doesn't mean deep blacks and whatever tonal range. That's not quality, that's a kind of quality. The pictures of Robert Frank might strike someone…
- You have to devote yourself totally to be successful at it.
- Balance of light is the problem, not the amount. Balance between shadows and highlights determines where the emphasis goes in the picture...make sure the major…
- If you keep your cool, you'll get everything.
- I wasn't imposing my presence on anyone, which is very important for a would- be journalist. I stayed back. Always let people be themselves.
- The advice I would give to any photographer - young, old or in-between - is to explore anything visual because this is, after all, how…
- Photography is an art of observation - it's about creating something extraordinary out of the ordinary. You choose a frame and then wait until the…
- Photography is pretty simple stuff. You just react to what you see, and take many, many pictures.
- Photography is a craft. Anyone can learn a craft with normal intelligence and application. To take it beyond the craft is something else. That's when…
- You don't study photography, you do it
- Somehow Photoshop and the ease with which one can produce an image has degraded the quality of photography in general.
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- 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