Buttons Quote by Constantine Manos

By choosing a precise intersection between subject and time, he may transform the ordinary into the extraordinary and the real into the surreal.

— Constantine Manos

“Sometimes, when there’s been an accident and reality is too sudden and strange to comprehend, the surreal will take over. Action slows to a…

— Donna Tartt

Photography has a natural affinity for the strategies of surrealism - the exaltation of chance and eros, the exploration of obsession and the release…

— Douglas McCulloh

The camera only facilitates the taking. The photographer must do the giving in order to transform and transcend ordinary reality. The problem is to…

— Ernst Haas

“Photography is a magical kind of art that allows people to preserve time and moments, and to describe the world the way they see…

— Sahara Sanders

As a photographer you enlarge or emphasize a certain moment, making it another reality.

— Rineke Dijkstra

The photographic image has great possibilities. The magical photograph attempts to go beyond the immediate context of the recorded experience into the realm of…

— Arthur Tress

Up to and including the moment of exposure, the photographer is working in an undeniably subjective way. By his choice of technical approach, by…

— W. Eugene Smith

Here is a paradox. It would seem that there cannot be surrealism and photography, but only photography or surrealism.

— Rosalind E. Krauss

One of my basic feelings is that the mind, and the heart alike, of the photographer must be dedicated to the glory, the magic,…

— Clarence John Laughlin

For me, the photography, in its purest form, is a variant of the fable. Another way of saving the appearances - a way of…

— Jean Baudrillard

Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution.

— Ansel Adams