"Photography is a system of visual editing. At……" — John Szarkowski
"Photography is a system of visual editing. At bottom, it is a matter of surrounding with a frame a portion of one's cone of vision, while standing in the right place at the right time. Like chess, or writing, it is a matter of choosing from among given possibilities, but in the case of photography the number of possibilities is not finite but infinite."
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John Szarkowski
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20 Quotes by John Szarkowski
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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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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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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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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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