21 Quotes by Andreas Feininger

A technically perfect photograph can be the world's most boring picture.

Light is the photographic medium par excellence; it is to the photographer what words are to the writer; color and paint to the painter; wood, metal, stone, or clay to the sculptor.

A technically perfect photograph can be the world’s most boring picture.

The difference in ‘seeing’ between the eye and the lens should make it obvious that a photographer who merely points his camera at an appealing subject and expects to get an appealing picture in return, may be headed for a disappointment.

What matters is not what you photograph, but why and how you photograph it. Even the most controversial subject, if depicted by a sensitive photographer with honesty, sympathy, and understanding, can be transformed into an emotionally rewarding experience.

The photographer has almost as much control over his subject matter as a painter. He can control light and shade, form and space, pattern and texture, motion and mood, everything except composition.

Human vision is untrustworthy, subjective and selective. Camera vision is total and non – objective.

Before you shoot an irresistible subject, mute all your senses except sight to find out how much is left for the camera to record.

Know – how is worthless unless guided by know – why and know – when.