"A camera has interesting ideas of its own." — John Szarkowski

"A camera has interesting ideas of its own."

— John Szarkowski

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20 Quotes by John Szarkowski

John Szarkowski has 20 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Photography is a contest between a photographer and the presumptions of approximate and habitual seeing. The contest can be held…
To quote out of context is the essence of the photographer's craft.
Photography is the easiest thing in the world if one is willing to accept pictures that are flaccid, limp, bland,…
The basic material of photographs is not intrinsically beautiful. It's not like ivory or tapestry or bronze or oil on…
Luck is the attentive photographer's best teacher.
In practice a photographer does not concern himself with philosophical issues while working; he makes photographs, working with subject matter…
Photography is a system of visual editing. At bottom, it is a matter of surrounding with a frame a portion…
They were ... pure and unadulterated photographs, and sometimes they hinted at the existence of visual truths that had escaped…
The central act of photography, the act of choosing and eliminating, forces a concentration on the picture edge - the…
Trained as a musician, [photographer Ansel] Adams understood the richness of variation that could be unfolded from a simple theme.
A photographer's best work is, alas, generally done for himself.
The simplicity of photography lies in the fact that it is very easy to make a picture. The staggering complexity…

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More Camera Quotes

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I tried to keep both arts alive, but the camera won. I found that while the camera does not express… — Ansel Adams
I'm not an actor that tends to care. I don't ask 'Is this a close up? Is this a master?… — Christian Bale
I don't like camera trickery and editing and doubles and all of that. — Drew Barrymore
The camera is no more an instrument of preservation, the image is. — Berenice Abbott
The camera introduces us to unconscious optics as does psychoanalysis to unconscious impulses. — Walter Benjamin
The camera relieves us of the burden of memory. It surveys us like God, and it surveys for us. Yet… — John Berger
I'm always secretly the most pleased when a show just really, really looks good and when my camera guys are… — Anthony Bourdain
At the end of the day, the TV show is the best job in the world. I get to go… — Anthony Bourdain
I like to know where the camera is. — Jeff Bridges
I've always been involved with all aspects of my careers. Being behind the camera seems as natural as in front. — Sarah Brightman
Being an anchor is not just a matter of sitting in front of a camera and looking pretty. — David Brinkley
If there were camera phones back in the day, the biggest athletes in the world would have had a lot… — Kobe Bryant

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