"The world now contains more photographs than bricks,……" — John Szarkowski
"The world now contains more photographs than bricks, and they are, astonishingly, all different."
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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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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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In practice a photographer does not concern himself with philosophical issues while working; he makes photographs, working with subject matter…
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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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