Approach Quote by W. Eugene Smith

Essentially, in photography, I think on two levels: one emotional and the other technical. The emotional impact has to do with looking for something…

— Leonard Nimoy

I think the important decision for a photographer is to choose a subject that intensely interests him or her.

— Berenice Abbott

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

As a photographer you enlarge or emphasize a certain moment, making it another reality.

— Rineke Dijkstra

Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution.

— Ansel Adams

What is of value is that a particular photographer sees the subject differently than I do. A good picture must be a completely individual…

— Alexey Brodovitch

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

“Photography is what emotions look like.”

— Jon Luvelli

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

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

What attracts the photographer is precisely the chance to penetrate inside phenomena, to uncover forms... He pursues them into their last refuges and surprises…

— Brassai

In conclusion, the idea of direction on the part of the photographer has its greatest value when its processes are least discernible to the…

— Arthur Rothstein