Quotes About Ruth Bernhard

I learned early on that if I was to get attention, I would have to be charming. Even the models I've photographed are often like that. Some of them are not beautiful. But, if you catch them in the right light, they glow.

If I have chosen the female form in particular, it is because beauty has been debased and exploited in our sensual 20th century.

My quest, through the magic of light and shadow, is to isolate, to simplify, and to give emphasis to form with the greatest clarity.