Willy Ronis Professions : Photographer Born : August 14, 1910 Died : September 12, 2009 Browse All Authors Top 8 quotes by Willy Ronis I never, ever went out without my camera, even to buy bread. Willy Ronis cameras bread We do not see what is “real,” we see what we are. Willy Ronis real Most of my photographs were taken on the spur of the moment, very quickly, just as they occurred. All attention focuses on the specific instant, almost too good to be true, which can only vanish in the following one. Willy Ronis spur-of-the-moment spurs taken I have never sought out the extraordinary or the scoop. I looked at what complemented my life. The beauty of the ordinary was always the source of my greatest emotions. Willy Ronis source emotion ordinary A good picture knows how to communicate the emotion that created it. Willy Ronis communicate know-how emotion I have never separated form and content. The photo should have a meaning. But my photos are also more or less well constructed. If they had false notes, they stayed on the contact sheet. Willy Ronis sheets notes should-have A fine image is geometry, modulated by the heart Willy Ronis geometry fine heart I have never sought the unexpected, the novelty, the extraordinary, but rather what is most typical of our daily life... I go out to find people who resemble me, and the mirror which these images offer them is the same as that in which I see myself. Willy Ronis novelty mirrors people Similar Authors Inge Morath photographer Bert Stern photographer Brent Stirton photographer Bunny Yeager photographer Burt Glinn photographer Bruno Barbey photographer All Authors
