Mean Quote by Nikki S. Lee

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

Light is the photographic medium par excellence; it is to the photographer what words are to the writer; color and paint to the painter;…

— Andreas Feininger

The majority of photographers still seek artistic effects, imitating other mediums of graphic expression. The result is a hybrid product that does not succeed…

— Tina Modotti

Since the photographic medium has been digitized, a fixed definition of the term photography has become impossible.

— Andreas Gursky

One of the interesting things I discovered is that in the late 19th century, painters actually had black-and-white copies made of their own paintings.…

— Robert Longo

More and more are turning to photography as a medium of expression as well as communication. The leavening of aesthetic approaches continues. While it…

— Beaumont Newhall

In my photographic work I'm generally attracted to places that contain memories, history, atmospheres and stories. I'm interested in the places where people have…

— Michael Kenna

A photograph is a meeting place where the interests of the photographer, the photographed, the viewer and those who are using the photograph are…

— John Berger

I know the importance of highly trained awareness of the “moment” and the immediate and intuitive response of the photographer. It should be obvious…

— Ansel Adams

...the questions a photographer raises may be more profound than the answers the medium permits.

— Rebecca Solnit

Photography is a medium, a language, through which I might come to experience directly, live more closely with, the interaction between myself and nature.

— Paul Caponigro

You've got to struggle against the pollution of intelligence in order to become an animal with very sharp instincts - a sort of intuitive…

— Robert Doisneau