1,962 Quotes About Photography

This profession [photography] is deserving of attention and respect equal to that accorded painting, literature, music and architecture.

I believe photography is a tool to express our positive assessment of the world. A tool to acquire ultimate happiness and belief.

The technique of 35mm photography appears simple. One is beguiled by the quick viewing and operation, and by the very questionable inclination to make many pictures with the hope that some will be good.

To the vast majority of people a photograph is an image of something within their direct experience: a more-or-less factual reality. It is difficult for them to realize that the photograph can be the source of experience, as well as the reflection of spiritual awareness of the world and of self.

A photograph is not an accident - is a concept. It exists at, or before, the moment of exposure of the negative.

We make images to "honor what is greater and more interesting than we are."

All art is a vision penetrating the illusions of reality, and photography is one form of this vision and revelation.

I am always surprised when I see several cameras, a gaggle on lenses, filters, meters, et cetera, rattling around in a soft bag with a complement of refuse and dust. Sometimes the professional is the worst offender!

...one sees differently with color photography than black-and-white... in short, visualization must be modified by the specific nature of the equipment and materials being used.