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Photography Quotes by Josef Koudelka
- I have to shoot three cassettes of film a day, even when not 'photographing', in order to keep the eye in practice.
- I have never had any hero in my life or in photography. I just travel, I look and everything influences me. Everything influences me. I…
- What matters most to me is to take photographs; to continue taking them and not to repeat myself. To go further, to go as far…
- I am not interested in repetition. I don't want to reach the point from where I wouldn't know how to go further. It's good to…
- If I am dissatisfied, it's simply because good photos are few and far between. A good photo is a miracle.
- Sometimes I photograph without looking through the viewfinder. I have mastered that well enough, it is almost as if I were looking through it.
- When I photograph, I do not think much. If you looked at my contacts you would ask yourself: "What is this guy doing?" But I…
- I don't like captions. I prefer people to look at my pictures and invent their own stories.
- I never stay in one country more than three months. Why? Because I was interested in seeing, and if I stay longer I become blind.
- My photographs are proof of what happened. When I go to Russia, sometimes I meet ex-soldiers... They say, 'We came to liberate you....' I say:…
- The changes taking place in this part of Europe are enormous and very rapid. One world is disappearing. I am trying to photograph what's left.…
- When I first started to take photographs in Czechoslovakia, I met this old gentleman, this old photographer, who told me a few practical things. One…
- I would like to see everything, look at everything, I want to be the view itself.
- The biggest lesson in photography is that from negative we make a positive
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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
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- 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