Careers Quote by Sam Abell

I don't think there's any such thing as teaching people photography, other than influencing them a little. People have to be their own learners.…

— Imogen Cunningham

I started teaching in '76 and I'd been a photographer at the Geographic for six years. But prior to being at the Geographic I…

— Sam Abell

I had been teaching myself photography.

— Ree Drummond

You can't teach people photography, they've got to learn how to do it the best way possible for them. They can learn from looking…

— Cecil Beaton

My Father is a photographer, so it was always around. I was trained in painting, so I learnt a lot of skills about composition,…

— Patricia Piccinini

When I was in art school, the photo kids were separated from the rest. If you did sculpture or painting or graphic design, you…

— Ryan McGinley

When assignments were over, photography continued. One of the primary reasons it did was that I wanted and needed to have fresh work. Also,…

— Sam Abell

I am a big fan of photography, more of being behind the camera - so when I get the opportunity to work with such…

— Penelope Cruz

I had no contact with my contemporaries in the photographic field, nor even knowledge of their work. So I was influenced by no-one and…

— George Rodger

I admire photographers who can take much more ordinarily subject matter and make it transcend that ordinariness, so that it becomes something else fresh…

— Andy Summers

Many of my family members are teachers in the arts, and I picked up the camera years ago, in high school.

— Steven Sebring

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