Quotes about Photography
Photography can never grow up if it imitates some other medium. It has to walk alone; it has to be itself.
by Berenice Abbott (Photographer, American , born in 1898) keywords: alone, grow, imitates, itself, medium, never, other, photography, some, up , walk Photography can only represent the present. Once photographed, the subject becomes part of the past.
by Berenice Abbott (Photographer, American , born in 1898) keywords: becomes, once, only, part, past, photographed, photography, present, represent , subject The challenge for me has first been to see things as they are, whether a portrait, a city street, or a bouncing ball. In a word, I have tried to be objective.
by Berenice Abbott (Photographer, American , born in 1898) keywords: ball, been, bouncing, challenge, city, first, objective, portrait, see, street, things, tried, whether , word As I have practiced it, photography produces pleasure by simplicity. I see something special and show it to the camera. A picture is produced. The moment is held until someone sees it. Then it is theirs.
by Sam Abell (Photographer, American , born in 1945) keywords: camera, held, moment, photography, picture, pleasure, practiced, produced, produces, see, sees, show, simplicity, someone, something, special, theirs, then , until Photography, alone of the arts, seems perfected to serve the desire humans have for a moment - this very moment - to stay.
by Sam Abell (Photographer, American , born in 1945) keywords: alone, arts, desire, humans, moment, perfected, photography, seems, serve, stay , very