More quotations tagged with “photography”
Photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth which can make them come back again.
—Henri Cartier-Bresson
We try to grab pieces of our lives as they speed past us. Photographs freeze those pieces and help us remember how we were. We don't know these lost people but if you look around, you'll find someone just like them.
—Gene McSweeney
The camera doesn't make a bit of difference. All of them can record what you are seeing. But, you have to SEE.
—Ernst Haas
Best wide-angle lens? Two steps backward. Look for the 'ah-ha'.
—Ernst Haas
I have often thought that if photography were difficult in the true sense of the term—meaning that the creation of a simple photograph would entail as much time and effort as the production of a good watercolor or etching—there would be a vast improvement in total output. The sheer ease with which we can produce a superficial image often leads to creative disaster.
—Ansel Adams