1,962 Quotes About Photography

The photographer can't create a picture, he only can compose.

Amber starts off as sap from a tree," Joseph said in the dark. "And sometimes insects get caught in it, and over millions of years the amber turns into a gemstone, but it traps the insect inside.""Oh.""A photograph is sort of like that, don't you think?

Taking a picture is like giving a piece of your soul away. You allow other people to see the world through your eyes.

do not take pictures to please the public, the photo should be spontaneous and free

Anyone can take a picture of poverty; it’s easy to focus on the dirt and hurt of the poor. It’s much harder—and much more needful—to pry under that dirt and reveal the beauty and dignity of people that, but for their birth into a place and circumstance different from our own, are just like ourselves. I want my images to tell the story of those people and to move us beyond pity to justice and mercy.

A photograph is the best split-second decision one can make!

The desire to catch, as Bonnard hoped, the PASSING MOMENT is antithetical to being in the moment. The photographer is an observer to others’ moments. The Picture People have dedicated themselves to this paradox, and consign themselves on either side of the equation.

The best thing about photography: it changes your point of view.

My best photo will be the last one, that I want to be taken.