Elliott Erwitt Professions : Photographer Born : July 26, 1928 Browse All Authors Top 77 quotes by Elliott Erwitt The whole point of taking pictures is so that you don't have to explain things with words. Elliott Erwitt cameras photography inspirational To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them. Elliott Erwitt photography inspiring inspirational After following the crowd for a while, I'd then go 180 degrees in the exact opposite direction. It always worked for me. Elliott Erwitt following-the-crowd degrees opposites Color is descriptive. Black and white is interpretive. Elliott Erwitt black-and-white color white All the technique in the world doesn't compensate for the inability to notice. Elliott Erwitt technique photography world Be sure to take the lens cap off before photographing. Elliott Erwitt lenses photography photographer Somehow Photoshop and the ease with which one can produce an image has degraded the quality of photography in general. Elliott Erwitt quality photography ease Photography is pretty simple stuff. You just react to what you see, and take many, many pictures. Elliott Erwitt photography simple stuff It's about time we started to take photography seriously and treat it as a hobby. Elliott Erwitt hobbies photography photographer Nothing happens when you sit at home. I always make it a point to carry a camera with me at all times...I just shoot at what interests me at that moment. Elliott Erwitt cameras photography home I see no difference between my pictures that people consider amusing and the rest. To me, it's all serious work - they're just a reaction to what I see. I don't leave this apartment in the morning and say to myself 'Today I'm going to be funny and tomorrow I'm going to be sad.' Elliott Erwitt differences photography morning Photography is an art of observation - it's about creating something extraordinary out of the ordinary. You choose a frame and then wait until the right time for something magical to come along and fill it. Elliott Erwitt creating photography art I like things that have to do with what is real, elegant, well presented and without excessive style. In other words, just fine observation. Elliott Erwitt style photography real Most photographers work best alone, myself included. Elliott Erwitt photographer Quality doesn't mean deep blacks and whatever tonal range. That's not quality, that's a kind of quality. The pictures of Robert Frank might strike someone as being sloppy-the tone range isn't right and things like that-but they're far superior to the pictures of Ansel Adams with regard to quality, because the quality of Ansel Adams, if I may say so, is essentially the quality of a postcard. But the quality of Robert Frank is a quality that has something to do with what he's doing, what his mind is. It's not balancing out the sky to the sand and so forth. It's got to do with intention. Elliott Erwitt photography sky mean You can find pictures anywhere. It's simply a matter of noticing things and organizing them. Elliott Erwitt noticing-you photography matter I don't like explosions. I don't mind progress. But digital photography has made every man, woman, child and chimpanzee a photographer of sorts and consequently has numbed down the general quality of photographs. Elliott Erwitt photography men children I like to think I keep my mind open. When I walk the streets I don't look for anything in particular. I come from a philosophy that believes you shouldn't have preconceived notions - that you don't need a gimmick. That you should just photograph what you react to - what you see. Elliott Erwitt photography philosophy believe I appreciate simplicity, true beauty that lasts over time, and a little wit and eclecticism that make life more fun. Elliott Erwitt simplicity appreciate fun It's just seeing - at least the photography I care about. You either see or you don't see. The rest is academic. Anyone can learn how to develop. It's how you organize what you see into a picture. Elliott Erwitt care photography photographer Similar Authors Inge Morath photographer Bert Stern photographer Brent Stirton photographer Bunny Yeager photographer Burt Glinn photographer Bruno Barbey photographer All Authors
