Bill Jay Professions : Writer Born : August 12, 1940 Died : 2009 Browse All Authors Top 44 quotes by Bill Jay I agree, intellectualism in photography is overrated. I just wish it could be replaced by common sense. Bill Jay common-sense photography wish I'd like my coffin to be a camera obscura so I can see what's going on outside. Bill Jay coffins cameras photography When you can't think of anything else, photograph graffiti, nudes, or plants. Bill Jay graffiti photography thinking Photographers, like kids, should be seen and not heard. Bill Jay photography photographer kids True, there are photographers who are failed artists, but so are most artists. Bill Jay photography photographer artist At exhibition openings always praise the chicken for laying eggs; you can wring its neck later. Bill Jay exhibitions eggs photography The best way for photographers to become rich and famous is to go into another field. Bill Jay photography fields way This is life. It is everywhere, and it is here for the taking. I am alive and I know this, now, in a more profound way than when I am doing anything else. These sights are ephemeral, fleeting treasures that have been offered to me and to me alone. No other person in the history of the world, anywhere in all of time and space, has been granted this gift to be here in my place. And I am privileged, through the camera, to take this moment away with me. That is why I photograph. Bill Jay space photography sight Photography is inextricably linked with life; the photographer is not invisibly behind the camera but projecting a life-attitude through the lens to create an interference pattern with the image. Who he is, what he believes, not only becomes important to know intellectually, but also becomes revealed emotionally and visibly through a body of work. Bill Jay photography attitude believe Discussions allow photographers to shuffle their prejudices Bill Jay prejudice photography photographer I appreciate photographs which celebrate harmony. I don't particularly want to look at chaos. I see enough of that at home. Bill Jay appreciate photography home I talk a lot about photography. It's cheap becuase my supply always exceeds demand. Bill Jay demand photography photographer If you take pictures does that make you an art thief? Bill Jay thieves photography art 'Ornithologists concluded that migratory birds take hundreds of naps as they fly; they also practice unilateral eye closure, in which one eye closes, thereby permitting half the brain to sleep.' Is this what happens when photographers close one eye to look through a viewfinder? If so, they might be operating with only half a brain. Perhaps that explains. Bill Jay eye photography sleep If there is a single factor which separates the best photographers from the wannabes it is the quantity of images which they produce. They seem to be forever shooting. I have watched many of them as they take picture after picture even when they are not photographing. [...] Often these intimate images do not look as though they were taken by the same photographer. And that is their fascination and charm. Bill Jay photography taken forever There are many reasons why photography does not attract the social and cultural attention it deserves. I would add one more which has received scant attention: it does not make a lot of noise. ... Perhaps photography would be more appreciated if camera shutters fired with the sound of a .357 Magnum. Bill Jay cameras photography sound If it is not an interesting picture when in focus, it is not going to be a better picture out of focus. Bill Jay focus photography interesting If you are intent on drawing or painting on your prints, you must first learn to draw and paint at least as well as you photograph. Bill Jay drawing photography firsts If you cannot think of anything to say that is useful or enlightening about your images, then don't say anything. There are plenty of other people who would love to put words in your mouth. Bill Jay photography people thinking Photography opens your eyes a little wider to the world around you. Bill Jay eye photography world Similar Authors Ihab Hassan writer Ingmar Bergman writer Isabella Bird writer Ivan E. Coyote writer Al Feldstein writer Bert Sugar writer All Authors