Quotes by Photography Rather than employing it as a supplement to active, conscious seeing, they used the medium as a substitute, paying less attention to the world than they had done previously, taking it on faith that photography automatically assured them possession of it. Alain de Botton photography done attention Let us... leave art to the artists, and let us try to use the medium of photography to create photographs that can endure because of their photographic qualities. Albert Renger-Patzsch photography trying art In photography one should surely proceed from essence of the object and attempt to represent it with photographic terms alone. Albert Renger-Patzsch photography essence should ... modern life is no longer thinkable without photography. Albert Renger-Patzsch modern-life photography life-is To do justice to modern technology's rigid linear structure, to the lofty gridwork of cranes and bridges, to the dynamism of machines operating at one thousand horsepower - only photography is capable of that. What those who are attached to the painterly style regard as photography's defect, the mechanical reproduction of form - is just what makes it superior to all other means of expression. Albert Renger-Patzsch technology photography mean There was a time when one looked over one's shoulder with an ironical smile at the photographer and when photography as a profession seemed almost invariably a target for ridicule. That time is now over. Albert Renger-Patzsch target photography photographer It doesn't matter if you're photographing a porter in a market in Marrakech or you're photographing the king of Morroco. You have the same sympathetic approach to everybody. You be nice to everybody, basically. Albert Watson nice photography kings The object of art is not to reproduce reality, but to create a reality of the same intensity. Alberto Giacometti photography motivational inspirational The beauty of women was the first expression of my photography. Alberto Korda photography expression firsts I fell in love with the process of taking pictures, with wandering around finding things. To me it feels like a kind of performance. The picture is a document of that performance. Alec Soth wandering-around falling-in-love photography Every once in a while I have this revelation like, "Wow, a hundred years ago the world wasn't black and white." It was in color. Photographed in a certain way, people look from another time. We are just not used to seeing ourselves in that context. Something that's fascinating about photography is you can isolate a moment, tear it out of its context, and see it afresh. Another realization is that, "Wow, there's a big world out there, and people are still doing all sorts of the things that they used to do." We don't just live in iPad land. Alec Soth black-and-white photography people I always say that photography's closest cousin is poetry because of the way it sparks your imagination and leaves gaps for the viewer to fill in. Alec Soth cousin photography imagination [Photography is] very related to poetry. It's suggestive and fragmentary and unsatisfying in a lot of ways. It's as much about what you leave out as what you put in. Alec Soth related photography way Photography is a very lonely medium. There’s a kind of beautiful loneliness in voyeurism. And that’s why I’m a photographer. Alec Soth lonely photography beautiful The reason I often say, for me, photography is analogous to poetry, for my kind of work more so than journalism, is because it's so open to interpretation. And I'm very happy having different interpretations of it. Alec Soth journalism different photography For me, the act of photography is all about discovery and finding new things. Alec Soth findings photography discovery For me, photography is as much about the way I respond to the subject as it is about the subject itself. Alec Soth subjects photography way Whether you are Minor White or Robert Frank, almost every photograph starts with an act of pure description - a window. But every now and then you catch a glimpse of the photographer's reflection. The mirror is just another function of the window. Alec Soth mirrors photography reflection This is the same problem I have with digital photography. The potential is always remarkable. But the medium never settles. Each year there is a better camera to buy and new software to download. The user never has time to become comfortable with the tool. Consequently too much of the work is merely about the technology. The HDR and QTVR fads are good examples. Instead of focusing on the subject, users obsess over RAW conversion, Photoshop plug-ins, and on and on. For good work to develop the technology needs to become as stable and functional as a typewriter. Alec Soth technology typewriters photography Photography, for me, is a lot like web surfing in real life. Alec Soth photography real-life real «1234567891011»