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On Photography Quotes: "What the Photograph reproduces to infinity has occurred only once: the Photograph mechanically repeats what could never be repeated existentially."

What the Photograph reproduces to infinity has occurred only once: the Photograph mechanically repeats what could never be repeated existentially.



On Photography Quotes: "The eye traffics in feelings, not in thoughts."

The eye traffics in feelings, not in thoughts.




On Photography Quotes: "That celebrated marriage of science and art, photography, seemed at the time to join together how we look at the world, art, with how we were coming to know it, science."

That celebrated marriage of science and art, photography, seemed at the time to join together how we look at the world, art, with how we were coming to know it, science.



On Photography Quotes: "When I was teaching at Harvard in the 1970s, I went to Project Incorporated in Cambridge and took photography classes. I didn't even know how to aim the camera in those days."

When I was teaching at Harvard in the 1970s, I went to Project Incorporated in Cambridge and took photography classes. I didn't even know how to aim the camera in those days.




On Photography Quotes: "I find it some of the hardest photography and the most challenging photography I've ever done. It's a real challenge to work with the natural features and the natural light."

I find it some of the hardest photography and the most challenging photography I've ever done. It's a real challenge to work with the natural features and the natural light.



On Photography Quotes: "Becoming a professional artist takes talent and perseverance, even more so when the field is photography."

Becoming a professional artist takes talent and perseverance, even more so when the field is photography.



On Photography Quotes: "One knows that frontal and/or profile photography is torn to pieces... Inversely, what remains of the photograph must be seen as a fragment coming to fill a gap in the drawing."

One knows that frontal and/or profile photography is torn to pieces... Inversely, what remains of the photograph must be seen as a fragment coming to fill a gap in the drawing.




On Photography Quotes: "Photography is our exorcism. Primitive society had its masks, bourgeois society its mirrors. We have our images."

Photography is our exorcism. Primitive society had its masks, bourgeois society its mirrors. We have our images.



On Photography Quotes: "For an Impressionist to paint from nature is not to paint the subject, but to realize sensations."

For an Impressionist to paint from nature is not to paint the subject, but to realize sensations.



On Photography Quotes: "Leica, schmeica. The camera doesn't make a bit of difference. All of them can record what you are seeing. But you have to see."

Leica, schmeica. The camera doesn't make a bit of difference. All of them can record what you are seeing. But you have to see.



On Photography Quotes: "My father was a psycho-analyst and I think that fact was very influential on my development as an artist. Trying to search beneath the surface of things for an unexpected sense of mystery."

My father was a psycho-analyst and I think that fact was very influential on my development as an artist. Trying to search beneath the surface of things for an unexpected sense of mystery.



On Photography Quotes: "There's no particular class of photograph that I think is any better than any other class. I'm always and forever looking for the image that has spirit! I don't give a damn how it got made."

There's no particular class of photograph that I think is any better than any other class. I'm always and forever looking for the image that has spirit! I don't give a damn how it got made.




On Photography Quotes: "Photography is a contest between a photographer and the presumptions of approximate and habitual seeing. The contest can be held anywhere."

Photography is a contest between a photographer and the presumptions of approximate and habitual seeing. The contest can be held anywhere.



On Photography Quotes: "... we are there with our cameras to record reality. Once we start modifying that which exists, we are robbing photography of its most valuable attribute."

... we are there with our cameras to record reality. Once we start modifying that which exists, we are robbing photography of its most valuable attribute.



On Photography Quotes: "Photography is nature seen from the eyes outwards. Painting is nature seen from the eyes inwards."

Photography is nature seen from the eyes outwards. Painting is nature seen from the eyes inwards.



On Photography Quotes: "The drama of light exists not only in what is in the light, but also in what is left dark. If the light is everywhere, the drama is gone."

The drama of light exists not only in what is in the light, but also in what is left dark. If the light is everywhere, the drama is gone.



On Photography Quotes: "If all your life means to you is water running over rocks, then photograph it, but I want to create something that would not have existed without me."

If all your life means to you is water running over rocks, then photograph it, but I want to create something that would not have existed without me.



On Photography Quotes: "A photograph is usually looked at - seldom looked into."

A photograph is usually looked at - seldom looked into.



On Photography Quotes: "When I say that a good picture has surprise quality or shock appeal, I do not mean that it is a loud or vulgar picture but, instead, that it stimulates my thinking and intrigues me."

When I say that a good picture has surprise quality or shock appeal, I do not mean that it is a loud or vulgar picture but, instead, that it stimulates my thinking and intrigues me.



On Photography Quotes: "The camera adds a certain sheen to things. Something about being frozen in time really makes things sparkle."

The camera adds a certain sheen to things. Something about being frozen in time really makes things sparkle.



On Photography Quotes: "I don't think there's any such thing as teaching people photography, other than influencing them a little. People have to be their own learners. They have to have a certain talent."

I don't think there's any such thing as teaching people photography, other than influencing them a little. People have to be their own learners. They have to have a certain talent.



On Photography Quotes: "The thing that's fascinating about portraiture is that nobody is alike."

The thing that's fascinating about portraiture is that nobody is alike.



On Photography Quotes: "I do not object to retouching, dodging or accentuation as long as they do not interfere with the natural qualities of photographic technique."

I do not object to retouching, dodging or accentuation as long as they do not interfere with the natural qualities of photographic technique.



On Photography Quotes: "Probably one of the worst things that happened to photography is that cameras have viewfinders."

Probably one of the worst things that happened to photography is that cameras have viewfinders.



On Photography Quotes: "We are drowning in images. Photography is used as a propaganda tool, which serves to sell products and ideas. I use the same approach to show aspects of reality."

We are drowning in images. Photography is used as a propaganda tool, which serves to sell products and ideas. I use the same approach to show aspects of reality.



On Photography Quotes: "It is through living that we discover ourselves, at the same time as we discover the world around us."

It is through living that we discover ourselves, at the same time as we discover the world around us.



On Photography Quotes: "Pictures put you in front of a reality that most of the times you don't want to see, don't want to know about, don't want to get involved."

Pictures put you in front of a reality that most of the times you don't want to see, don't want to know about, don't want to get involved.



On Photography Quotes: "Photography is pretty simple stuff. You just react to what you see, and take many, many pictures."

Photography is pretty simple stuff. You just react to what you see, and take many, many pictures.



On Photography Quotes: "Photography is about how you look and how you dream and how you see and what your interests are."

Photography is about how you look and how you dream and how you see and what your interests are.



On Photography Quotes: "A kind of golden hour one remembers for a life time... Everything was touched with magic."

A kind of golden hour one remembers for a life time... Everything was touched with magic.



On Photography Quotes: "We must remember that a photograph can hold just as much as we put into it, and no one has ever approached the full possibilities of the medium."

We must remember that a photograph can hold just as much as we put into it, and no one has ever approached the full possibilities of the medium.



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

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



On Photography Quotes: "To me photography functions as a fossilization of time."

To me photography functions as a fossilization of time.



On Photography Quotes: "Good photography is unpretentious."

Good photography is unpretentious.



On Photography Quotes: "For me, photography is not a means by which to create beautiful art, but a unique way of encountering genuine reality"

For me, photography is not a means by which to create beautiful art, but a unique way of encountering genuine reality



On Photography Quotes: "Photography through the camera is an instrument of detection. We photograph not only what we know, but also what we don't know."

Photography through the camera is an instrument of detection. We photograph not only what we know, but also what we don't know.



On Photography Quotes: "I am a passionate lover of the snapshot, because of all photographic images it comes closest to truth."

I am a passionate lover of the snapshot, because of all photographic images it comes closest to truth.



On Photography Quotes: "Seeing is not enough; you have to feel what you photograph"

Seeing is not enough; you have to feel what you photograph



On Photography Quotes: "Parks and gardens are the quintessential intimate landscapes. People use them all the time, leaving their energy and memories behind. It's what's left behind that I like to photograph."

Parks and gardens are the quintessential intimate landscapes. People use them all the time, leaving their energy and memories behind. It's what's left behind that I like to photograph.



On Photography Quotes: "In a portrait, I’m looking for the silence in somebody."

In a portrait, I’m looking for the silence in somebody.



On Photography Quotes: "What the human eye sees is an illusion of what is real. The black and white image transforms illusions into another reality."

What the human eye sees is an illusion of what is real. The black and white image transforms illusions into another reality.



On Photography Quotes: "Photography is an empathy towards the world."

Photography is an empathy towards the world.



On Photography Quotes: "I like things that have to do with what is real, elegant, well presented and without excessive style. In other words, just fine observation."

I like things that have to do with what is real, elegant, well presented and without excessive style. In other words, just fine observation.



On Photography Quotes: "You have to be ready for luck."

You have to be ready for luck.



On Photography Quotes: "Great photography is always on the edge of failure."

Great photography is always on the edge of failure.



On Photography Quotes: "There’s a strange quality in stop-motion photography, like in King Kong, that adds to the fantasy. If you make things too real, sometimes you bring it down to the mundane."

There’s a strange quality in stop-motion photography, like in King Kong, that adds to the fantasy. If you make things too real, sometimes you bring it down to the mundane.



On Photography Quotes: "Still photographs are the most powerful weapon in the world. People believe them, but photographs do lie, even without manipulation. They are only half-truths."

Still photographs are the most powerful weapon in the world. People believe them, but photographs do lie, even without manipulation. They are only half-truths.



On Photography Quotes: "Nothing is more hateful to me than photography coated with gimmicks, poses and false effects. Therefore let me speak the truth in all honesty about our age and the people of our age"

Nothing is more hateful to me than photography coated with gimmicks, poses and false effects. Therefore let me speak the truth in all honesty about our age and the people of our age



On Photography Quotes: "The camera can photograph thought. It's better than a paragraph of sweet polemic."

The camera can photograph thought. It's better than a paragraph of sweet polemic.