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Photography Quotes by Harry Callahan
- Photography is an adventure just as life is an adventure. If man wishes to express himself photographically, he must understand, surely to a certain extent,…
- I wish more people felt that photography was an adventure the same as life itself and felt that their individual feelings were worth expressing. To…
- I guess I've shot about 40,000 negatives and of these I have about 800 pictures I like.
- I photograph continuously, often without a good idea or strong feelings. During this time the photos are nearly all poor, but I believe they develop…
- I think I came alive when I started photography.
- To be a photographer, one must photograph. No amount of book learning, no checklist of seminars attended, can substitute for the simple act of making…
- You only do exercises in art school. That's not the real thing. A little bit tells you so much. You have to find your own…
- Every time I talked about making a picture I didn't do it. I had already done it - talking about it! I quit talking.
- In terms of art, the only real answer that I know of is to do it. If you don't do it, you don't know what…
- It's the subject matter that counts. I'm interested in revealing the subject in a new way to intensify it. A photo is able to capture…
- Photography is an adventure just as life is an adventure.
- I realize that we all do express ourselves, but those who express that which is always being done are those whose thinking is almost in…
- The mystery isn't in the technique, it's in each of us.
- I can tell you for me it goes on forever. There are some things you can't ever find out. You can't find out in one…
- I can't say what makes a picture. I can't say. It's mysterious.
- A picture is like a prayer.
- I do believe strongly in photography and hope by following it intuitively that when the photographs are looked at they will touch the spirit in…
- I like the simple things. I don't know why. I'm that way. I came from a simple place.
- A picture is like a prayer; you're offering a prayer to get something, and in a sense it's like a gift of God because you…
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