1,962 Quotes About Photography

I believe that, through the act of living, the discovery of oneself is made concurrently with the discovery of the world around us.

The simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event as well as the precise organization of forms which gives that event its proper expression... In photography, the smallest thing can be a great subject. The little human detail can become a leitmotif.

All I care about these days is painting — photography has never been more than a way into painting, a sort of instant drawing.

It seems dangerous to be a portrait artist who does commissions for clients because everyone wants to be flattered, so they pose in such a way that there's nothing left of truth.

As far as I am concerned, taking photographs is a means of understanding which cannot be separated from other means of visual expression. It is a way of shouting, of freeing oneself, not of proving or asserting one's own originality. It is a way of life.

Inside movement there is one moment in which the elements are in balance. Photography must seize the importance of this moment and hold immobile the equilibrium of it.

A photographer must always work with the greatest respect for his subject and in terms of his own point of view.

The picture is good or not from the moment it was caught in the camera.

And no photographs taken with the aid of flash light, either, if only out of respect for the actual light - even when there isn't any of it.