Photographer Quotes

When I first became interested in photography, I thought it was the whole cheese. My idea was to have it recognized as one of the fine arts. Today I don't give a hoot in hell about that. The mission of photography is to explain man to man and each man to himself.
When that shutter clicks, anything else that can be done afterward is not worth consideration.
Anything that excites me for any reason, I will photograph; not searching for unusual subject matter, but making the commonplace unusual.
Consulting the rules of composition before taking a photograph, is like consulting the laws of gravity before going for a walk.
I see no reason for recording the obvious.
I was extravagant in the matter of cameras - anything photographic - I had to have the best. But that was to further my work. In most things I have gone along with the plainest - or without.
My own eyes are no more than scouts on a preliminary search, for the camera's eye may entirely change my idea.
Now to consult the rules of composition before making a picture is a little like consulting the law of gravitation before going for a walk. Such rules and laws are deduced from the accomplished fact; they are the products of reflection.
Photography suits the temper of this age - of active bodies and minds. It is a perfect medium for one whose mind is teeming with ideas, imagery, for a prolific worker who would be slowed down by painting or sculpting, for one who sees quickly and acts decisively, accurately.
Photography to the amateur is recreation, to the professional it is work, and hard work too, no matter how pleasurable it my be.
There is nothing like a Bach fugue to remove me from a discordant moment... only Bach hold up fresh and strong after repeated playing. I can always return to Bach when the other records weary me.
Sometimes you can tell a large story with a tiny subject.
Now very often events are set up for photographers... The weddings are orchestrated about the photographers taking the picture, because if it hasn't been photographed it doesn't really exist.
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.
You can find pictures anywhere. It's simply a matter of noticing things and organizing them. You just have to care about what's around you and have a concern with humanity and the human comedy.
Who has time to manually spam web sites? That can't be very cost effective.
A picture is the expression of an impression. If the beautiful were not in us, how would we ever recognize it?
All I wanted was to connect my moods with those of Paris. Beauty paints and when it painted most, I shot.
I am not interested in shooting new things - I am interested to see things new.
There is only you and your camera. The limitations in your photography are in yourself, for what we see is what we are.
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