Feels Quote by Minor White

Photography starts with the projection of the photographer, his understanding of life and himself into the picture.

— Lisette Model

And only the photographer himself knows the effect he wants. He should know by instinct, grounded in experience, what subjects are enhanced by hard…

— Bill Brandt

A photographer looks at everything, which is why he must look from beginning to end. Face the subject head-on, stay fixed, turn the entire…

— Shomei Tomatsu

The photographer's most important and likewise most difficult task is not learning to manage his camera, or to develop, or to print. It is…

— Edward Weston

Photography is inextricably linked with life; the photographer is not invisibly behind the camera but projecting a life-attitude through the lens to create an…

— Bill Jay

The camera is first a means of self-discovery and a means of self-growth. The artist has one thing to say - himself.

— Minor White

The function of the photographer is to help people understand the world around them.

— Sid Grossman

But I did not always know just what it was I wanted to photograph. I believe it is important for a photographer to discover…

— Bill Brandt

To make good photographs, to express something, to contribute something to the world he lives in, and to contribute something to the art of…

— Edward Steichen

The mission of photography is to explain man to man and each to himself. And that is the most complicated thing on earth.

— Edward Steichen

The decision as to when to photograph, the actual click of the shutter, is partly controlled from the outside, by the flow of life,…

— Paul Strand

One is not really a photographer until preoccupation with learning has been outgrown and the camera in his hands is an extension of himself.…

— Carl Mydans