Lead Quote by Lucy R. Lippard

It was only after a while, after photographing mines and clear-cutting of forests in Maine, that I realized I was looking at the components…

— David Maisel

The fundamental peculiarity of the photographic medium; the physical objects themselves print their image by means of the optical and chemical action of light.

— Rudolf Arnheim

Let us first say what photography is not. A photograph is not a painting, a poem, a symphony, a dance. It is not just…

— Berenice Abbott

Taking photos is a form of collecting.

— Martin Parr

The basic material of photographs is not intrinsically beautiful. It's not like ivory or tapestry or bronze or oil on canvas. You're not supposed…

— John Szarkowski

Paper is the strongest material in the world; paper can handle what I can't.

— Nadeem Aslam

Paper is the strongest material in the world. Things under which a mountain will crumble, you can place on paper and it will hold:…

— Nadeem Aslam

The picture itself is a document. How do you mean? We're looking at a document. It gives you clues.

— David Hockney

I'm just interested in what makes a photograph.

— Mary Ellen Mark

The raw materials of photography are light and time and memory.

— Keith Carter

Newspaper photographs nowadays are highly tautologous. You'll have an article about, say, stopping the war. And the photograph that will be used is literally…

— Stuart Franklin

I have had to answer questions like, 'But you don't look like lead material.' Now, I still don't know what 'lead material' looks like…

— Swara Bhaskar