"When I first started to take photographs in……" — Josef Koudelka
"When I first started to take photographs in Czechoslovakia, I met this old gentleman, this old photographer, who told me a few practical things. One of the things he said was, "Josef, a photographer works on the subject, but the subject works on the photographer.""
—
Josef Koudelka
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
17 Quotes by Josef Koudelka
Josef Koudelka has 17 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
I have to shoot three cassettes of film a day, even when not 'photographing', in order to keep the eye…
-
I don't pretend to be an intellectual or a philosopher. I just look.
-
I have never had any hero in my life or in photography. I just travel, I look and everything influences…
-
I photograph only something that has to do with me, and I never did anything that I did not want…
-
What matters most to me is to take photographs; to continue taking them and not to repeat myself. To go…
-
I am not interested in repetition. I don't want to reach the point from where I wouldn't know how to…
-
If I am dissatisfied, it's simply because good photos are few and far between. A good photo is a miracle.
-
Sometimes I photograph without looking through the viewfinder. I have mastered that well enough, it is almost as if I…
-
When I photograph, I do not think much. If you looked at my contacts you would ask yourself: "What is…
-
I don't like captions. I prefer people to look at my pictures and invent their own stories.
-
I never stay in one country more than three months. Why? Because I was interested in seeing, and if I…
-
My photographs are proof of what happened. When I go to Russia, sometimes I meet ex-soldiers... They say, 'We came…
See all 17 quotes by Josef Koudelka »
More Czechoslovakia Quotes
This quote is filed under Czechoslovakia Quotes,
one of 23 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
My parents were of the generation who thought they were the children of a free Czechoslovakia, the only democracy in…
— Madeleine Albright
-
Most people have friends, but no money. I have the opposite. I don't have a chance to talk to my…
— Jaromir Jagr
-
Czechoslovakia has ceased to exist.
— Adolf Hitler
-
I was concerned about a couple of steps that the Russian government took in the last several days. One was…
— John McCain
-
This is not 1968 and the invasion of Czechoslovakia, where Russia can threaten its neighbors, occupy a capital, overthrow a…
— Condoleezza Rice
-
Because we can't comprehend it, and that's what allows us to do it again. And it is the normal, it's…
— Bob Geldof
-
Because of my parents' love of democracy, we came to America after being driven twice from our home in Czechoslovakia…
— Madeleine Albright
-
By the time I returned to Czechoslovakia, I had an understanding of the principles of the market.
— Vaclav Klaus
-
I will begin by saying what everybody would like to ignore or forget... we have sustained a total and unmitigated…
— Winston Churchill
-
The Pact of Munich is signed. Czechoslovakia as a power is out.
— Alfred Jodl
-
Through the inspiration of Vaclav's words, the courage of his dissidence and the integrity of his leadership, Czechoslovakia successfully transitioned…
— Michael D. Higgins
-
Who would have predicted... that Dubcek, who brought the tanks in in Czechoslovakia in 1968 is now being proclaimed a…
— Dan Quayle
See all 23 Czechoslovakia Quotes »