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On Photography Quotes: "Part of the role of photography is to exaggerate, and that is an aspect that I have to puncture. I do that by showing the world as I really find it."

Part of the role of photography is to exaggerate, and that is an aspect that I have to puncture. I do that by showing the world as I really find it.



On Photography Quotes: "I knew my destiny when I first experienced Yosemite."

I knew my destiny when I first experienced Yosemite.




On Photography Quotes: "Rather than a profession, photography has always been a passion for me, a passion closer to an obsession."

Rather than a profession, photography has always been a passion for me, a passion closer to an obsession.



On Photography Quotes: "The video camera dominates art. It's a bore, it makes everything look a bit the same. If you look at things with a pencil and paper in your hand, you are going to see far more."

The video camera dominates art. It's a bore, it makes everything look a bit the same. If you look at things with a pencil and paper in your hand, you are going to see far more.




On Photography Quotes: "We do not make photographs with our cameras. We make them with our minds, with our hearts, with our ideas."

We do not make photographs with our cameras. We make them with our minds, with our hearts, with our ideas.



On Photography Quotes: "The painter constructs, the photographer discloses."

The painter constructs, the photographer discloses.



On Photography Quotes: "Photography, when used as a representational art, is not a mere copy of nature. This is proved by the rarity of the 'good' photograph."

Photography, when used as a representational art, is not a mere copy of nature. This is proved by the rarity of the 'good' photograph.




On Photography Quotes: "The invention of photography destroyed the canons of representational, imitative art."

The invention of photography destroyed the canons of representational, imitative art.



On Photography Quotes: "The greatest tool at our command is the very thing that is photography. Light. Light is our paintbrush and it is a most willing tool in the hands of the one who studies it with a sufficient care."

The greatest tool at our command is the very thing that is photography. Light. Light is our paintbrush and it is a most willing tool in the hands of the one who studies it with a sufficient care.



On Photography Quotes: "If you see something that moves you, and then snap it, you keep a moment."

If you see something that moves you, and then snap it, you keep a moment.



On Photography Quotes: "Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information."

Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.



On Photography Quotes: "Nothing seemed to me more appropriate than to project an image of our time with absolute fidelity to nature by means of photography."

Nothing seemed to me more appropriate than to project an image of our time with absolute fidelity to nature by means of photography.




On Photography Quotes: "I was drawn to photography as an extension of film, and the beauty of film is that it's a sensuous, fetishistic medium."

I was drawn to photography as an extension of film, and the beauty of film is that it's a sensuous, fetishistic medium.



On Photography Quotes: "Visual ideas combined with technology combined with personal interpretation equals photography. Each must hold it's own; if it doesn't, the thing collapses."

Visual ideas combined with technology combined with personal interpretation equals photography. Each must hold it's own; if it doesn't, the thing collapses.



On Photography Quotes: "No place is boring, if you've had a good night's sleep and have a pocket full of unexposed film."

No place is boring, if you've had a good night's sleep and have a pocket full of unexposed film.



On Photography Quotes: "I was invited to photograph Hollywood. They asked me what I would like to photograph. I said, Ugly men."

I was invited to photograph Hollywood. They asked me what I would like to photograph. I said, Ugly men.



On Photography Quotes: "When people talk to me about picture hunters, I very quietly laugh. I'm not a hunter of pictures, I'm a fisher of pictures."

When people talk to me about picture hunters, I very quietly laugh. I'm not a hunter of pictures, I'm a fisher of pictures.



On Photography Quotes: "Life is once. Forever."

Life is once. Forever.



On Photography Quotes: "Life itself is not the reality. We are the ones who put life into stones and pebbles."

Life itself is not the reality. We are the ones who put life into stones and pebbles.



On Photography Quotes: "The photograph is not only a pictorial report; it is also a psychological report. It represents the feelings and point of view of the intelligence behind the camera."

The photograph is not only a pictorial report; it is also a psychological report. It represents the feelings and point of view of the intelligence behind the camera.



On Photography Quotes: "A photographer must always work with the greatest respect for his subject and in terms of his own point of view."

A photographer must always work with the greatest respect for his subject and in terms of his own point of view.



On Photography Quotes: "We are in a privileged and sometimes happy position. We see a great deal of the world. Our obligation is to pass it on to others."

We are in a privileged and sometimes happy position. We see a great deal of the world. Our obligation is to pass it on to others.



On Photography Quotes: "Most things in life are moments of pleasure and a lifetime of embarrassment; photography is a moment of embarrassment and a lifetime of pleasure."

Most things in life are moments of pleasure and a lifetime of embarrassment; photography is a moment of embarrassment and a lifetime of pleasure.



On Photography Quotes: "Notebook. No photographer should be without one!"

Notebook. No photographer should be without one!



On Photography Quotes: "The camera makes you forget you're there. It's not like you are hiding but you forget, you are just looking so much."

The camera makes you forget you're there. It's not like you are hiding but you forget, you are just looking so much.



On Photography Quotes: "For those aspiring to make a living from travel photography, it's a sad fact that the boring shots are the shots that are going to make you money."

For those aspiring to make a living from travel photography, it's a sad fact that the boring shots are the shots that are going to make you money.



On Photography Quotes: "Photography was my choice of weapons."

Photography was my choice of weapons.



On Photography Quotes: "Now people ask whether photography is art, but I think the question is of absolutely no interest."

Now people ask whether photography is art, but I think the question is of absolutely no interest.



On Photography Quotes: "One reason I was interested in photography was to get away from the preciousness of the art object."

One reason I was interested in photography was to get away from the preciousness of the art object.



On Photography Quotes: "I embrace the abstract in photography and exist on a few bits of order extracted from the chaos of reality."

I embrace the abstract in photography and exist on a few bits of order extracted from the chaos of reality.



On Photography Quotes: "To be a photographer, one must photograph. No amount of book learning, no checklist of seminars attended, can substitute for the simple act of making pictures."

To be a photographer, one must photograph. No amount of book learning, no checklist of seminars attended, can substitute for the simple act of making pictures.



On Photography Quotes: "The important thing is, you have to have something important to say about the world."

The important thing is, you have to have something important to say about the world.



On Photography Quotes: "Bad weather makes for good photography."

Bad weather makes for good photography.



On Photography Quotes: "I like the idea that the sacred photo framing process is equally violatible and I think that's partly a carryover from the way I deal with structures to the way I deal with photography."

I like the idea that the sacred photo framing process is equally violatible and I think that's partly a carryover from the way I deal with structures to the way I deal with photography.



On Photography Quotes: "The pictures do not lie, but neither do they tell the whole story. They are merely a record of time passing, the outward evidence."

The pictures do not lie, but neither do they tell the whole story. They are merely a record of time passing, the outward evidence.



On Photography Quotes: "Essentially what photography is is life lit up."

Essentially what photography is is life lit up.



On Photography Quotes: "I never question what to do, it tells me what to do. The photographs make themselves with my help."

I never question what to do, it tells me what to do. The photographs make themselves with my help.



On Photography Quotes: "Photography is very subjective. Photography is not a document on which a report can be made. It is a subjective document. Photography is a false witness, a lie."

Photography is very subjective. Photography is not a document on which a report can be made. It is a subjective document. Photography is a false witness, a lie.



On Photography Quotes: "No language on earth speaks as comprehensively as photography, always providing that we follow the chemical and optic and physical path to demonstrable truth, and understand physiognomy."

No language on earth speaks as comprehensively as photography, always providing that we follow the chemical and optic and physical path to demonstrable truth, and understand physiognomy.



On Photography Quotes: "Photography is not cute cats, nor nudes, motherhood or arrangements of manufactured products. Under no circumstances it is anything ever anywhere near a beach."

Photography is not cute cats, nor nudes, motherhood or arrangements of manufactured products. Under no circumstances it is anything ever anywhere near a beach.



On Photography Quotes: "If I had been born one or two hundred years ago, I might have been a sculptor, but photography is a very quick way to see, to make sculpture."

If I had been born one or two hundred years ago, I might have been a sculptor, but photography is a very quick way to see, to make sculpture.



On Photography Quotes: "Any familiarity with photographic history shows that manipulation is integral to photography."

Any familiarity with photographic history shows that manipulation is integral to photography.



On Photography Quotes: "Photography [can] be seen as a system of representation that you bring to bear on other systems."

Photography [can] be seen as a system of representation that you bring to bear on other systems.



On Photography Quotes: "You push the button, we do the rest."

You push the button, we do the rest.



On Photography Quotes: "If you are not willing to see more than is visible, you won't see anything."

If you are not willing to see more than is visible, you won't see anything.



On Photography Quotes: "Perishability in a photograph is important in a picture. If a photograph looks perishable we say, "Gee, I'm glad I have that moment.""

Perishability in a photograph is important in a picture. If a photograph looks perishable we say, "Gee, I'm glad I have that moment."



On Photography Quotes: "The word 'art' is very slippery. It really has no importance in relation to one's work. I work for the pleasure, for the pleasure of the work, and everything else is a matter for the critics."

The word 'art' is very slippery. It really has no importance in relation to one's work. I work for the pleasure, for the pleasure of the work, and everything else is a matter for the critics.



On Photography Quotes: "Beauty can be seen in all things."

Beauty can be seen in all things.



On Photography Quotes: "In photography we must learn to seek, not the 'picture,' not the aesthetic of tradition, but the ideal instrument of expression, the self-sufficient vehicle for education."

In photography we must learn to seek, not the 'picture,' not the aesthetic of tradition, but the ideal instrument of expression, the self-sufficient vehicle for education.