Aesthetics Quote by Michael Kenna

No one can really explain in a rational way what makes a good photograph or a bad photograph... This is why the art world…

— David Wojnarowicz

Photography, when used as a representational art, is not a mere copy of nature. This is proved by the rarity of the 'good' photograph.

— Laszlo Moholy-Nagy

Photographs are interpretations of reality; as such, it is entirely subjective. Most photos are taken with an agenda, to sell something or to make…

— Martin Parr

What is of value is that a particular photographer sees the subject differently than I do. A good picture must be a completely individual…

— Alexey Brodovitch

There is one thing the photograph must contain, the humanity of the moment. This kind of photography is realism. But realism is not enough…

— Robert Frank

Photography isn't for people to take pictures of beautiful people or things. It's for capturing raw emotions in the eyes of the beautiful people…

— Jillian Rowe

Beauty doesn't have to be the perfect image. It's more interesting to have something a bit off.

— Freja Beha Erichsen

A good photograph is one that communicates a fact, touches the heart and leaves the viewer a changed person for having seen it. It…

— Irving Penn

A photographer who does not know how to translate his feelings and ideas into a graphically satisfactory form is bound to produce ineffective photographs,…

— Andreas Feininger

Aesthetics does not exist for the camera as an isolated entity. Aesthetics, in fact, is inseparable from the purpose of the photographer and the…

— Sid Grossman

To the vast majority of people a photograph is an image of something within their direct experience: a more-or-less factual reality. It is difficult…

— Ansel Adams