Photo Quotes
Some of my favorite words to live by from Photographers or about Photography
The camera doesn’t make a bit of difference. All of them can record what you are seeing. But, you have to SEE. – Ernst Haas
A thing that you see in my pictures is that I was not afraid to fall in love with these people. – Annie Leibovitz
Let the subject generate its own photographs. Become a camera. – Minor White
Women especially ask me to take their pictures, because they think I’ll make them beautiful. – Bert Stern
My portraits are more about me than they are about the people I photograph. – Richard Avedon
You don’t take a photograph, you make it. – Ansel Adams
I am not interested in shooting new things – I am interested to see things new.
- Ernst Haas
There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.
- Ansel Adams
Ultimately success or failure in photographing people depends on the photographer’s ability to understand his fellow man. – Edward Weston
Photography deals exquisitely with appearances, but nothing is what it appears to be. – Duane Michals
Any photographer who says he’s not a voyeur is either stupid or a liar. – Helmut Newton
Look and think before opening the shutter. The heart and mind are the true lens of the camera. – Yousuf Karsh
When I say I want to photograph someone, what it really means is that I’d like to know them. Anyone I know I photograph. – Annie Leibovitz
If I have any ‘message’ worth giving to a beginner it is that there are no short cuts in photography. – Edward Weston
I’ve worked out of a series of no’s. No to exquisite light, no to apparent compositions, no to the seduction of poses or narrative. And all these no’s force me to the “yes.” I have a white background. I have the person I’m interested in and the thing that happens between us. – Richard Avedon
The world is in color, you have to work at black and white. – Andrew Maclean
To see in color is a delight for the eye but to see in black and white is a delight for the soul. – Andri Cauldwell
