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Famous quotes by Photographers

PhotographersPhotography is an art kind that captures moments in time, and also the words of digital photographers can typically be just as inspiring as the pictures they develop. From the greats like Ansel Adams to contemporary masters like Annie Leibovitz, these quotes by professional photographers use insight right into the creative process and the power of photography. Whether you're a budding photographer or simply value the art, these quotes will certainly aid you see the globe in a new light.
Small: Visual ideas combined with technology combined with personal interpretation equals photography. Each must hold
Arnold Newman
"Visual ideas combined with technology combined with personal interpretation equals photography. Each must hold it's own; if it doesn't, the thing collapses"
Arnold Newman, Photographer
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Small: There are no rules and regulations for perfect composition. If there were we would be able to put all the info
Arnold Newman
"There are no rules and regulations for perfect composition. If there were we would be able to put all the information into a computer and would come out with a masterpiece. We know that's impossible. You have to compose by the seat of your pants"
Arnold Newman, Photographer
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Small: The mission of photography is to explain man to man and each to himself. And that is the most complicated thin
"The mission of photography is to explain man to man and each to himself. And that is the most complicated thing on earth"
Edward Steichen, Photographer
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Small: It is part of the photographers job to see more intensely than most people do. He must have and keep in him so
"It is part of the photographer's job to see more intensely than most people do. He must have and keep in him something of the receptiveness of the child who looks at the world for the first time or of the traveler who enters a strange country"
Bill Brandt, Photographer
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Small: Think about the photo before and after, never during. The secret is to take your time. You mustnt go too fast.
"Think about the photo before and after, never during. The secret is to take your time. You mustn't go too fast. The subject must forget about you. Then, however, you must be very quick"
Henri Cartier-Bresson, Photographer
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Small: To me, photography is an art of observation. Its about finding something interesting in an ordinary place...
Elliott Erwitt
"To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them"
Elliott Erwitt, Photographer
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Small: One fifth of human kind depend on fish to live. Today now 70 percent of the fish stock are over-exploited.
Yann Arthus-Bertrand
"One fifth of human kind depend on fish to live. Today now 70 percent of the fish stock are over-exploited. According to FAO if we don't change our system of fishing the main sea resources will be gone in 2050. We don't want to believe what we know"
Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Photographer
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Small: What I mean by photographing as a participant rather than observer is that Im not only involved directly with
Galen Rowell
"What I mean by photographing as a participant rather than observer is that I'm not only involved directly with some of the activities that I photograph, such as mountain climbing, but even when I'm not I have the philosophy that my mind and body are part of the natural world"
Galen Rowell, Photographer
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Small: Photography, as we all know, is not real at all. It is an illusion of reality with which we create our own pri
Arnold Newman
"Photography, as we all know, is not real at all. It is an illusion of reality with which we create our own private world"
Arnold Newman, Photographer
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Small: The subject must be thought of in terms of the 20th century, of houses he lives in and places he works, in ter
Arnold Newman
"The subject must be thought of in terms of the 20th century, of houses he lives in and places he works, in terms of the kind of light the windows in these places let through and by which we see him every day"
Arnold Newman, Photographer
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Small: I think San Francisco is the best place in the whole world for an easy life
"I think San Francisco is the best place in the whole world for an easy life"
Imogen Cunningham, Photographer
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Small: One must ease the public into it - thats an art in itself
Robert Mapplethorpe
"One must ease the public into it - that's an art in itself"
Robert Mapplethorpe, Photographer
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Small: Weve already seen how its going to come in, in a truck, like it did at Oklahoma City at the Federal building o
Richard Drew
"We've already seen how it's going to come in, in a truck, like it did at Oklahoma City at the Federal building or it's going to come in by plane, like it did at the World Trade Center"
Richard Drew, Photographer
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Small: The one image thats been causing a lot of discussion is one image that I shot of a man falling head-first from
Richard Drew
"The one image that's been causing a lot of discussion is one image that I shot of a man falling head-first from the building, before the buildings fell down. He was trapped in the fire, and decided to jump and take his own life, rather than being burned"
Richard Drew, Photographer
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Small: I always thought security was a joke at New York airports, and in U.S. airports to begin with. You can go thro
Richard Drew
"I always thought security was a joke at New York airports, and in U.S. airports to begin with. You can go through any European or Middle Eastern airport and things are a lot tougher"
Richard Drew, Photographer
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Small: I turn people into human beings by not making them into gods
"I turn people into human beings by not making them into gods"
Imogen Cunningham, Photographer
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Small: I dont know what love means
"I don't know what love means"
Imogen Cunningham, Photographer
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Small: And only the photographer himself knows the effect he wants. He should know by instinct, grounded in experienc
"And only the photographer himself knows the effect he wants. He should know by instinct, grounded in experience, what subjects are enhanced by hard or soft, light or dark treatment"
Bill Brandt, Photographer
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Small: I think the digital camera would record that information too fast for me
"I think the digital camera would record that information too fast for me"
Kim Weston, Photographer
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Small: Being a shy person, I always felt strange outside with my camera
"Being a shy person, I always felt strange outside with my camera"
Kim Weston, Photographer
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Small: As an artist you have to have a certain amount of arrogance
"As an artist you have to have a certain amount of arrogance"
Kim Weston, Photographer
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Small: I see things like theyve never been seen before. Art is an accurate statement of the time in which it is made
Robert Mapplethorpe
"I see things like they've never been seen before. Art is an accurate statement of the time in which it is made"
Robert Mapplethorpe, Photographer
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Small: I am selfish, but thats an attribute that all artists possess
Robert Mapplethorpe
"I am selfish, but that's an attribute that all artists possess"
Robert Mapplethorpe, Photographer
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Small: Cats dont like change without their consent
Roger Caras
"Cats don't like change without their consent"
Roger Caras, Photographer
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Small: Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole
Roger Caras
"Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole"
Roger Caras, Photographer
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Small: A good photograph is knowing where to stand
"A good photograph is knowing where to stand"
Ansel Adams, Photographer
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Small: Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop
"Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop"
Ansel Adams, Photographer
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Small: I photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence
"I photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence"
Man Ray, Photographer
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Small: Were all products of what we want to project to the world. Even people who dont spend any time, or think they
Cindy Sherman
"We're all products of what we want to project to the world. Even people who don't spend any time, or think they don't, on preparing themselves for the world out there - I think that ultimately they have for their whole lives groomed themselves to be a certain way, to present a face to the world"
Cindy Sherman, Photographer
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Small: We spent last night listening to Liverpool football team on the radio, wanting them to win so badly. Paul supp
"We spent last night listening to Liverpool football team on the radio, wanting them to win so badly. Paul supports Liverpool. He was Everton for a while because of his family - but it's all Liverpool now"
Linda McCartney, Photographer
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