Quotes by Photography Once a photographer is convinced that the camera can lie and that, strictly speaking, the vast majority of photographs are camera lies, inasmuch as they tell only part of a story or tell it in distorted form, half the battle is won. Once he has conceded that photography is not a naturalistic medium of rendition and that striving for naturalism in a photograph is futile, he can turn his attention to using a camera to make more effective pictures. Andreas Feininger battle photography lying Two factors thus emerge as requisites of success in the field of creative photography. First, the subject must be photogenic. Second, its re-creation in a photograph must be based upon technical knowledge, guided and supported by artsitic inspiration. Andreas Feininger photography inspiration two The first impression of a new subject is not necessary the best. Seen from a different angle or under different condition it might look even better. Always study a three - dimensional subject with one eye closed. Andreas Feininger first-impression eye photography Don't look for "depth" but instead search for subject aspects which prove the presence of depth. Andreas Feininger depth photography looks Human vision is untrustworthy, subjective and selective. Camera vision is total and non - objective. Andreas Feininger cameras vision photography The camera can push the new medium to its limits - and beyond. It is there - in the "beyond" - that the imaginative photographer will compete with the imaginative painter. Painting must return to the natural world from time to time for renewal of the artistic vision. The key sector of renewal of vision today is the new vistas revealed by science. Here photography, which is not only art but science also, stands on the firmest ground. Andreas Feininger photography keys art And yet, in a superficial sense, it is true that the camera does not "lie": given a chance, it will faithfully render everything within the field of view of the lens and show it precisely as it is. Andreas Feininger photography views attention Maybe to try to understand not just that we are living in a certain building or in a certain location, but to become aware that we are living on a planet that is going at enormous speed through the universe. Andreas Gursky our-world understanding photography Since the photographic medium has been digitized, a fixed definition of the term photography has become impossible. Andreas Gursky definitions photography impossible My father did advertising photography. Andreas Gursky advertising photography father My use of the medium - photography - is in some ways traditional. Andres Serrano photography use way I am an artist first and a photographer second. Andres Serrano photography artist firsts Photography is a way of putting distance between myself and the work which sometimes helps me to see more clearly what it is that I have made. Andy Goldsworthy distance photography inspiring The photography is not the aim of the work; the articulation of the work through photography is another way of understanding what's going on and what's happening outside. Andy Goldsworthy understanding photography way ...photography repeats itself unconsciously and unavoidably, producing stereotypes that then are repeated ad infinitum. Andy Grundberg repeats stereotype photography [Postmodern photography] implies the exhaustion of the image universe: it suggests that a photographer can find more than enough images already existing in the world without the bother of making new ones. Andy Grundberg photography photographer world The thing about photography is, some people surround themselves with extremely strong subject matter. And unless you're a moron, you're going to get a really strong photograph. Andy Summers photography strong people I admire photographers who can take much more ordinarily subject matter and make it transcend that ordinariness, so that it becomes something else fresh and new. It opens this doorway. I really admire people who can do that with photography. Andy Summers photography doorways people The best thing about a picture is that it never changes, even when the people in it do. Andy Warhol i-hate-you photography inspirational Photographers feel guilty that all they do for a living is press a button. Andy Warhol buttons photography photographer «56789101112131415»