“I have yet to see a fine photograph which is not a good document.” FinePhotographDocuments Author:Berenice Abbott
“Let us first say what photography is not. A photograph is not a painting, a poem, a symphony, a dance. It is not just a pretty picture, not an exercise in contortionist techniques and sheer print quality. It is or should be a significant document, a penetrating statement, which can be described in a very simple term-selectivity.” ShouldFirstsTermSimpleQualityPaintingExercisePhotographyPhotographerPhotographTechniqueSignificantStatementsPrintSheerDocumentsSymphonyPretty Picture Author:Berenice Abbott
“Actually, documentary pictures include every subject in the world - good, bad, indifferent. I have yet to see a fine photograph which is not a good document.” WorldSubjectsFinePhotographerPhotographIndifferentDocumentsDocumentaries Author:Berenice Abbott
“I agree that all good photographs are documents, but I also know that all documents are certainly not good photographs. Furthermore, a good photographer does not merely document, he probes the subject, he 'uncovers' it.” KnowsDoeSubjectsAgreePhotographerPhotographDocuments Author:Berenice Abbott
