Jeanloup Sieff Professions : Photographer Born : November 30, 1933 Died : September 20, 2000 Browse All Authors Top 7 quotes by Jeanloup Sieff I am totally superficial, I know. But I believe superficiality can be very serious, a defense against the gravity of things, a manner of discretion. Jeanloup Sieff defense serious believe There are no reasons for my photographs, nor any rules; all depends on the mood of the moment. Jeanloup Sieff mood moments reason All aspects of photography interest me and I feel for the female body the same curiosity and the same love as for a landscape, a face or anything else which interests me. In any case, the nude is a form of landscape. There are no reasons for my photographs, nor any rules; all depends on the mood of the moment, on the mood of the model. Jeanloup Sieff curiosity body photography I'm proud of the two adjectives, superficial and frivolous. Jeanloup Sieff adjectives proud two I have been searching for time past all my life. Jeanloup Sieff times-past has-beens past The impulse that led you to make an image is a thing that you cannot share with anyone, even if you explain it. What remains is a surface that will live its own life, that will belong to everybody. I accept that surface. Jeanloup Sieff surface accepting share If I have caught myself struggling to remember, it was, if not a pretense, at least premature, in that I only ever used photography for my own pleasure - even if I then bewailed the vanished pleasure which my pictures brought back to me. Jeanloup Sieff photography struggle remember Similar Authors Inge Morath photographer Bert Stern photographer Brent Stirton photographer Bunny Yeager photographer Burt Glinn photographer Bruno Barbey photographer All Authors
