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Photography Quotes by Joel Meyerowitz
- I photographed the entire thing in color because to photograph it in black and white would be to keep it as a tragedy. Because there…
- Then I thought, Whoa. If there are no photographs, then there is no history. I'm going to get in there. I'm going to make these…
- We think of photography as pictures. And it is. But I think of photography as ideas. And do the pictures sustain your ideas or are…
- Photography is a response that has to do with the momentary recognition of things. Suddenly you're alive. A minute later there was nothing there. I…
- I believe that street photography is central to the issue of photography—that it is purely photographic, whereas the other genres, such as landscape and portrait…
- Photography is about being exquisitely present.
- I want to enjoy the languor of just living, recognizing, acknowledging, taking it in, sort of amplifying it in some way. [Photography] is a great…
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