"The head of the photographer is more important……" — Philippe Halsman

"The head of the photographer is more important than his camera"

— Philippe Halsman

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15 Quotes by Philippe Halsman

Philippe Halsman has 15 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

The immortal photographers will be straightforward photographers, those who do not rely on tricks or special techniques.
Of the thousands of people, celebrated and unknown, who have sat before my camera, I am often asked who was…
A true portrait should, today and a hundred years from today, the Testimony of how this person looked and what…
I try to photograph her beauty; with a man I try to show his character. Once I photographed a man…
A good portrait is incredibly hard to create, there is too much temptation to pander to the individual rather than…
When you ask a person to jump, his attention is mostly directed toward the act of jumping and the mask…
In a jump, the subject, in a sudden burst of energy, overcomes gravity. He cannot simultaneously control his expressions, his…
I know of few actresses who have this incredible talent for communicating with a camera lens. She would try to…
Marilyn was history's most phenomenal love goddess.
Most people stiffen with self-consciousness when they pose for a photograph. Lighting and fine camera equipment are useless if the…
I make the woman look at the camera as a symbol of all the eyes that will see the picture…
I drifted into photography like one drifts into prostitution. First I did it to please myself, then I did it…

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More Camera Quotes

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I tried to keep both arts alive, but the camera won. I found that while the camera does not express… — Ansel Adams
I'm not an actor that tends to care. I don't ask 'Is this a close up? Is this a master?… — Christian Bale
I don't like camera trickery and editing and doubles and all of that. — Drew Barrymore
The camera is no more an instrument of preservation, the image is. — Berenice Abbott
The camera introduces us to unconscious optics as does psychoanalysis to unconscious impulses. — Walter Benjamin
The camera relieves us of the burden of memory. It surveys us like God, and it surveys for us. Yet… — John Berger
I'm always secretly the most pleased when a show just really, really looks good and when my camera guys are… — Anthony Bourdain
At the end of the day, the TV show is the best job in the world. I get to go… — Anthony Bourdain
I like to know where the camera is. — Jeff Bridges
I've always been involved with all aspects of my careers. Being behind the camera seems as natural as in front. — Sarah Brightman
Being an anchor is not just a matter of sitting in front of a camera and looking pretty. — David Brinkley
If there were camera phones back in the day, the biggest athletes in the world would have had a lot… — Kobe Bryant

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