"In practice a photographer does not concern himself……" — John Szarkowski
"In practice a photographer does not concern himself with philosophical issues while working; he makes photographs, working with subject matter that he thinks will make the pictures."
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20 Quotes by John Szarkowski
John Szarkowski has 20 quotes on this site.
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Photography is a contest between a photographer and the presumptions of approximate and habitual seeing. The contest can be held…
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To quote out of context is the essence of the photographer's craft.
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Photography is the easiest thing in the world if one is willing to accept pictures that are flaccid, limp, bland,…
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A camera has interesting ideas of its own.
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The basic material of photographs is not intrinsically beautiful. It's not like ivory or tapestry or bronze or oil on…
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Luck is the attentive photographer's best teacher.
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Photography is a system of visual editing. At bottom, it is a matter of surrounding with a frame a portion…
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They were ... pure and unadulterated photographs, and sometimes they hinted at the existence of visual truths that had escaped…
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The central act of photography, the act of choosing and eliminating, forces a concentration on the picture edge - the…
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Trained as a musician, [photographer Ansel] Adams understood the richness of variation that could be unfolded from a simple theme.
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A photographer's best work is, alas, generally done for himself.
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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 Concern Quotes
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It is a sign of a dull nature to occupy oneself deeply in matters that concern the body; for instance,…
— David Bailey
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My concern is to continue respecting my work as I've done since I began as an actor and I could…
— Javier Bardem
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I think I got disappointed over the years about New York, about the States. You know, sometimes you go and…
— Mikhail Baryshnikov
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A woman whose life is involved in the righteous rearing of her children has a better chance of keeping up…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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If conservationists will attempt to resume responsibility for their need to eat, they will be led back fairly directly to…
— Wendell Berry
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I support concrete and progressive immigration reform based on three primary criteria: family reunification, economic contributions, and humanitarian concerns.
— Jeff Bingaman
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Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden.
— Corrie Ten Boom
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What exists outside is a man's concern; let no woman give advice; and do no mischief within doors.
— Aeschylus
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What goes on in Europe concerns us greatly because, if Europe comes apart, the E.U. comes apart, then you're going…
— Michael Bloomberg
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It is wrong to think that the task of physics is to find out how Nature is. Physics concerns what…
— Niels Bohr
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You see, Africa makes a fool of our idea of justice. It makes a farce of our idea of equality.…
— Bono
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Great tragedy has come to us, and we are meeting it with the best that is in our country, with…
— George W. Bush
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