Quotes About Photography

Again, she wanted to photograph Thomas, or rather the scene itself—the quality of yellow against the wall behind his head, the smeary look of the water on the window, his strong brown hands clasped around that plain cup. The sight of his knuckles felt both too comfortable and too enclosing, and with a sense of rising panic, she looked at the rain and wondered how long it would last. How long could two strangers just make small talk

In the picture, Ava Gardner's tousled black hair obscured her right eye, and her full, closed lips were pulled slightly to the right, resulting in something less than a smile. They looked as if they'd been smeared shut with red paint, though the photo was in black and white. It wasn't so much a fuck-me face as a I've-been-there-and-back look, the kind of expression you see only on the most expensive whores.

To photograph is to hold one's breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It's at that precise moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy.

Photography, as we all know, is not real at all. It is an illusion of reality with which we create our own private world.

Once paparazzi become a reality, then things change because you become more conscious of photos.

By making pictures, you learn the many different properties of photography. I use those properties differently than, say, an advertising agency would, but we're both operating in the same reality. A face painted by Picasso occupies the same reality as a portrait by Stieglitz.

Becoming emancipated at 14, my life wasn't normal. I didn't have to go to school, so I didn't. I was rebellious by nature. I spent my 20s focusing on my company, Flower Films, and producing movies. Now that I'm almost 30, I would like to try other things in lie. I'm crazy about photography, and I want to take an art history class.

I'm not photographing anything naked these days. I haven't been concentrating on bodies recently.

I spent ages learning to take photos, which was a lot of fun, and I think it really helped readers get excited about the recipes.

So many more people recognise you and want to take up a moment of your time for a photo or a hello. You try to deal with it with grace and a degree of humour, because what's the alternative?

The thing is, if one person recognises you and takes a picture, then four other people who don't even know you want to do the same.

There's so many films from around the world, I emphasize, that are so beautifully photographed, but they don't get the recognition.

When I first became interested in photography, I thought it was the whole cheese. My idea was to have it recognized as one of the fine arts. Today I don't give a hoot in hell about that. The mission of photography is to explain man to man and each man to himself.

I do like some of the perks, like being, recognized, especially if I've had my makeup done and I'm going to be photographed and people admire me. Who wouldn't like that?

Expensive gear helps for night shots, but I wouldn't recommend beginners overspend on a camera.

I see through my eyes; the camera is just a machine to record it for me.

Originally, I thought of being a photographer and nearly went to art school, but I got a record deal instead.

In America, the photographer is not simply the person who records the past, but the one who invents it.

The role of photography in crisis and recovery is fascinating, a dance between providing access and destroying the magic and mystique of the monarchy.

I've braved the red carpet when I didn't feel comfortable, and when I look at the pictures, it always shows!

I'm constantly working on these edges of photography, either to employ so much information or reduce information to the point of collapse.

It wasn't until I became a mother that I started to refer to myself as an artist as opposed to a fine art photographer.

Don't expect things to happen fast. Be empathetic with the people you are photographing. Don't be concerned about money.

Well, I don't like shooting in bathrooms. They're small and cramped and you've got harsh surfaces and it's difficult.