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On Photography Quotes: "Photography is a transformation, not a reproduction."

Photography is a transformation, not a reproduction.



On Photography Quotes: "A few words about the question of whether photography is art or not: I never understood the question."

A few words about the question of whether photography is art or not: I never understood the question.




On Photography Quotes: "Through photography, both artist and scientist can find a common denominator in their search for the synthesis of modern vision in time, space and structure."

Through photography, both artist and scientist can find a common denominator in their search for the synthesis of modern vision in time, space and structure.



On Photography Quotes: "The very idea of photography is as Oliver Wendell Holmes said in the 19th century, "it's a mirror with a memory.""

The very idea of photography is as Oliver Wendell Holmes said in the 19th century, "it's a mirror with a memory."




On Photography Quotes: "Let a man of genius make use [of photography] as it should be used, and he will raise himself to a height that we do not know."

Let a man of genius make use [of photography] as it should be used, and he will raise himself to a height that we do not know.



On Photography Quotes: "It's a process of getting to know people. That's what photography is to me. It's about paying attention, not screwing up and blowing a great opportunity."

It's a process of getting to know people. That's what photography is to me. It's about paying attention, not screwing up and blowing a great opportunity.



On Photography Quotes: "A studio session ... provides the greatest chance for control. Even though there is total freedom, I still dislike studio photography and the contrived images that usually stem from this genre."

A studio session ... provides the greatest chance for control. Even though there is total freedom, I still dislike studio photography and the contrived images that usually stem from this genre.




On Photography Quotes: "A lot of photography is making records of people, as objects, friends. It's like organizing a wardrobe - in terms of size etc."

A lot of photography is making records of people, as objects, friends. It's like organizing a wardrobe - in terms of size etc.



On Photography Quotes: "I've had photographs taken for portraits because I very much prefer working from the photographs than from models... I couldn't attempt to do a portrait from photographs of somebody I didn't know."

I've had photographs taken for portraits because I very much prefer working from the photographs than from models... I couldn't attempt to do a portrait from photographs of somebody I didn't know.



On Photography Quotes: "In total acceptance, almost everything becomes a revelation."

In total acceptance, almost everything becomes a revelation.



On Photography Quotes: "Art is the splendor of reality before everything has become meaning."

Art is the splendor of reality before everything has become meaning.



On Photography Quotes: "Ideas and art are the possibility of an answer tomorrow."

Ideas and art are the possibility of an answer tomorrow.




On Photography Quotes: "Reality is greater than our dreams."

Reality is greater than our dreams.



On Photography Quotes: "If I could find them (assemblages) in nature I would photograph them. I make them because through photography I have a knowledge of things that can't be found."

If I could find them (assemblages) in nature I would photograph them. I make them because through photography I have a knowledge of things that can't be found.



On Photography Quotes: "Everything is shared by everything else; there are no discontinuities."

Everything is shared by everything else; there are no discontinuities.



On Photography Quotes: "To make the essence of man visible in the exposure is the highest art of photography."

To make the essence of man visible in the exposure is the highest art of photography.



On Photography Quotes: "Not only did she [Marilyn Monroe] master her own image, create it and ultimately control it, she was the subject of many of the great masters of photography of the 20th century."

Not only did she [Marilyn Monroe] master her own image, create it and ultimately control it, she was the subject of many of the great masters of photography of the 20th century.



On Photography Quotes: "I don't know how to say easily what I learned. One thing I can say I learned is how amazing photography could be."

I don't know how to say easily what I learned. One thing I can say I learned is how amazing photography could be.



On Photography Quotes: "If I photograph you I don't have you, I have a photograph of you. It's got its own thing. That's really what photography, still photography, is about."

If I photograph you I don't have you, I have a photograph of you. It's got its own thing. That's really what photography, still photography, is about.



On Photography Quotes: "My only interest in photographing is photography."

My only interest in photographing is photography.



On Photography Quotes: "You know, you get into the business of commercial photography, and that's all you do is photograph what you know. That's what you're hired for."

You know, you get into the business of commercial photography, and that's all you do is photograph what you know. That's what you're hired for.



On Photography Quotes: "Everyone concedes that photography is now a medium of exchange as much as a mode of documentation.... photographing has become the visual equivalent of cellphone chatter."

Everyone concedes that photography is now a medium of exchange as much as a mode of documentation.... photographing has become the visual equivalent of cellphone chatter.



On Photography Quotes: "I try to take my interests and make them my work."

I try to take my interests and make them my work.



On Photography Quotes: "It's never as good the second time. Things don't get better. You can't always go back, a lot of it has been erased. The photograph is a record of it having existed."

It's never as good the second time. Things don't get better. You can't always go back, a lot of it has been erased. The photograph is a record of it having existed.



On Photography Quotes: "The thing itself photographed becomes less interesting when you go back to it years later but I think the photograph becomes more important later when the reality has passed."

The thing itself photographed becomes less interesting when you go back to it years later but I think the photograph becomes more important later when the reality has passed.



On Photography Quotes: "My taking pictures means I'm taking a series of pictures which become an essay and then get extended into a book. That's what's exciting, to take an idea and work it through to completion."

My taking pictures means I'm taking a series of pictures which become an essay and then get extended into a book. That's what's exciting, to take an idea and work it through to completion.



On Photography Quotes: "I don't speak emotionally about my pictures. That's for other people to do. I will say that I love my photographs. That's what keeps me going."

I don't speak emotionally about my pictures. That's for other people to do. I will say that I love my photographs. That's what keeps me going.



On Photography Quotes: "...compelling outdoor imagery always combines some kind of personal connection to nature and skillful technique. The former seems to be a form of grace, and the latter an act of the will."

...compelling outdoor imagery always combines some kind of personal connection to nature and skillful technique. The former seems to be a form of grace, and the latter an act of the will.



On Photography Quotes: "There is a terrible truthfulness about photography that sometimes makes a thing look ridiculous."

There is a terrible truthfulness about photography that sometimes makes a thing look ridiculous.



On Photography Quotes: "I loved photography and everybody said it was a crazy thing to do because in those days nobody made it into the film business. I mean, unless you were related to somebody there was no way in."

I loved photography and everybody said it was a crazy thing to do because in those days nobody made it into the film business. I mean, unless you were related to somebody there was no way in.



On Photography Quotes: "For 'Star Wars' I had to develop a whole new idea about special effects to give it the kind of kinetic energy I was looking for. I did it with motion-control photography."

For 'Star Wars' I had to develop a whole new idea about special effects to give it the kind of kinetic energy I was looking for. I did it with motion-control photography.



On Photography Quotes: "To speak technically photography is the art of writing with light. But if I want to think about it more philosophically , I can say that photography is the art of writing with time."

To speak technically photography is the art of writing with light. But if I want to think about it more philosophically , I can say that photography is the art of writing with time.



On Photography Quotes: "I guess I knew my dad was into photography, so a part of me was interested in picking it up to understand him a little better."

I guess I knew my dad was into photography, so a part of me was interested in picking it up to understand him a little better.



On Photography Quotes: "I love photography and art-directing is something that I really would enjoy to do."

I love photography and art-directing is something that I really would enjoy to do.



On Photography Quotes: "Even before I started photography, I began to see that there was a disjunction between available languages and reality."

Even before I started photography, I began to see that there was a disjunction between available languages and reality.



On Photography Quotes: "My wife Mariana is a good photographer too and, like me, she just picks up a camera and takes a picture when she sees something, rather than looking too deeply into it."

My wife Mariana is a good photographer too and, like me, she just picks up a camera and takes a picture when she sees something, rather than looking too deeply into it.



On Photography Quotes: "When you live by the sea, there are definite seasons when you can see the weather coming and going, which lends itself to photography."

When you live by the sea, there are definite seasons when you can see the weather coming and going, which lends itself to photography.



On Photography Quotes: "The mystery isn't in the technique, it's in each of us."

The mystery isn't in the technique, it's in each of us.



On Photography Quotes: "I like the simple things. I don't know why. I'm that way. I came from a simple place."

I like the simple things. I don't know why. I'm that way. I came from a simple place.



On Photography Quotes: "I can't say what makes a picture. I can't say. It's mysterious."

I can't say what makes a picture. I can't say. It's mysterious.



On Photography Quotes: "I can tell you for me it goes on forever. There are some things you can't ever find out. You can't find out in one life either."

I can tell you for me it goes on forever. There are some things you can't ever find out. You can't find out in one life either.



On Photography Quotes: "I think I came alive when I started photography."

I think I came alive when I started photography.



On Photography Quotes: "In terms of art, the only real answer that I know of is to do it. If you don't do it, you don't know what might happen."

In terms of art, the only real answer that I know of is to do it. If you don't do it, you don't know what might happen.



On Photography Quotes: "Mostly the subject of the photograph, which can be anyone really, coming down the street - someone that has no idea. "Heroism" in photography, just like in a novel, is for everyone."

Mostly the subject of the photograph, which can be anyone really, coming down the street - someone that has no idea. "Heroism" in photography, just like in a novel, is for everyone.



On Photography Quotes: "Photography is a witness against the mistaken opinion that art is an imitation of nature."

Photography is a witness against the mistaken opinion that art is an imitation of nature.



On Photography Quotes: "I felt like I was in the best photography school in the world - I had Herb Ritts, Bruce Weber, Richard Avedon and Irving Penn teach me."

I felt like I was in the best photography school in the world - I had Herb Ritts, Bruce Weber, Richard Avedon and Irving Penn teach me.



On Photography Quotes: "Photography is the only "language" understood in all parts of the world, and, bridging all nations and cultures, it links the family of man."

Photography is the only "language" understood in all parts of the world, and, bridging all nations and cultures, it links the family of man.



On Photography Quotes: "The photographs don't arouse me. All I can think about is the hard work it took to make them."

The photographs don't arouse me. All I can think about is the hard work it took to make them.



On Photography Quotes: "Photographers deal in things which are continuously vanishing."

Photographers deal in things which are continuously vanishing.