Photography-quotes Quote by Michael A. Covington

Photographers do themselves a disservice by talking too much about the equipment they use. Consequently people don't take them seriously as creators in their…

— Peter Turnley

“Photography theory is most often situated between art history, film theory, and communication studies”

— David Bate

The word “photography” can be interpreted as “writing with light” or “drawing with light.” Some photographers are producing beautiful photographs by drawing with light..…

— Philippe Halsman

If the photographer is to create works that will stand for his spirit in the same way as artists in other genres, he must…

— Yukio Mishima

Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.

— Ansel Adams

Photography is Art and Art is Photography.

— Martin Parr

“Sameness... the new ‘unique’. So photographers seem to be flocking toward simple, easy to understand ‘solutions’ instead of flocking toward hard work, development of…

— Don Giannatti

Photography is art when it's used by an artist.

— Ruth Bernhard

Astonish me! (Instruction to photographers)

— Alexey Brodovitch

“For me Photography is about telling a story with Images.”

— Ackeem thomas

“Photographers sometimes take pictures of each other; occasionally they take pictures of each other at work; more usually they take photographs - or versions…

— Geoff Dyer

It's a choice - there are two different sorts of photographer: those obsessed with the technicalities and those obsessed by the subject.

— Mario Testino