Cameras Quote by Sam Abell

The job of the photographer, in my view, is not to catalogue indisputable fact but to try to be coherent about intuition and hope.…

— Robert Adams

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 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 wanted life to be episodic. I wanted to be a magazine photographer and I was willing to do what it took to become…

— Sam Abell

Photographs that transcend but do not deny their literal situation appeal to me.

— Sam Abell

Essentially what photography is is life lit up.

— Sam Abell

A mad, keen photographer needs to get out into the world and work and make mistakes.

— Sam Abell

I can't speak for other photographers, but the photographers who went forward strongly when the so-called "official" part of their career ended, to me,…

— Sam Abell

I did it once, and National Geographic recruited me. I did it primarily out of curiosity. A lot of legendary photographers had worked on…

— Sam Abell

“It's just that I take riddling seriously. I was taught that the ability to solve them indicates a sane and rational mind.”

— Stephen King

When a new idea comes our way, we must put it on our mental scales and weigh it carefully before deciding its value.

— Jim Rohn

“Fun is not an activity, it is a state of mind.”

— Bryant McGill