“If a medium is representational by nature of the realistic image formed by a lens, I see no reason why we should stand on our heads to distort that function. On the contrary, we should take hold of that very quality, make use of it, and explore it to the fullest.” IfsShouldReasonUseQualityFunctionPhotographerContraryMediumsReason WhyNo ReasonRealisticLenses Book:Berenice Abbott, photographer: a modern vision : a selection of photographs and essays Source: Berenice Abbott, photographer: a modern vision : a selection of photographs and essays
“To chart a course, one must have a direction. In reality, the eye is no better than the philosophy behind it. The photographer creates, evolves a better, more selective, more acute eye by looking ever more sharply at what is going on in the world. Like every other means of expression, photography, if it is to be utterly honest and direct, should be related to the life of the times-the pulse of today. The photograph may be presented as finely and artistically as you will, but to merit serious consideration, must be directly connected with the world we live in.” IfsWorldShouldMayMeanPhilosophyRealityEyeTodayCoursesBehindsHonestSeriousExpressionPhotographyDirectPhotographerPhotographConnectedEvolveMeritRelatedConsiderationPulseSelective Author:Berenice Abbott
“Photography can never grow up if it imitates some other medium. It has to walk alone; it has to be itself.” IfsGrowsWalksGrowing UpPhotographyMediumsLandscape Photography Book:The Berenice Abbott portfolios Source: The Berenice Abbott portfolios
“Like every other means of expression, photography, if it is to be utterly honest and direct, should be related to the life of the times - the pulse of today.” IfsShouldMeanTodayHonestExpressionPhotographyDirectPhotographRelatedPulse Author:Berenice Abbott
