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Quote by Berenice Abbott

“The more you do, the more you realize there is to do, what a vast object the metropolis is, and how the work of photographing could go on forever.”

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Berenice Abbott

Berenice Abbott was an American photographer born on July 17, 1898, and died on December 9, 1991. She is renowned for her photographs of urban landscapes in the United States, especially her works depicting New York City. more

“We simply thought that we would be considerably poorer in Europe if we didn't have the sacred buildings of earlier epochs. It's still possible to experience the Gothic period, not to mention the Romantic. Only nothing remains of the industrial age. So we thought that our photos would give the viewer the chance to go back to a time that is gone forever.”

Ifs Giving Stills Would Be Age Chance Gone Forever Building Periods Europe Remains Sacred Viewers Gothic

Author:Bernd Becher

“When someone discovers something in their lives that really interests them, then they should be content with doing that - without having to go and lie on a beach once a year.”

Should Years Lying Interest Beach

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“All creation is in the art of seeing.”

Art Seeing Creation

Author:John Berger

“I suppose the primary intention of a documentary photographer is to document facts. My work often does this but it is not the primary intention. My intention is to make the best pictorial image I can.”

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Author:Richard Billingham

“I paint a little and keep sketchbooks because it has the effect of preventing me becoming lazy about looking. The subject could be anything.”

Littles Subjects Effects Becoming Paint Lazy Preventing Sketchbooks

Author:Richard Billingham

“A good nude photograph can be erotic, but certainly not sentimental or pornographic.”

Photograph Sentimental Erotic

Author:Bill Brandt

“For me the criterion of a good photograph is that it is unforgettable.”

Photograph Criteria Unforgettable

Author:Brassai

“On digital photography: It's fantastic, but it's not a freebie for anything. You still have to have this (he points to his eyes), and this (points to his heart), and feet.”

Heart Stills Eye Feet Photography Fantastic His Eyes Digital Digital Photography

Author:Rene Burri

“Personal sympathy has helped me on very much. My husband from first to last has watched every picture with delight, and it is my daily habit to run to him with every glass upon which a fresh glory is newly stamped, and to listen to his enthusiastic applause. This habit of running into the dining-room with my wet pictures has stained such an immense quantity of table linen with nitrate of silver, indelible stains, that I should have been banished from any less indulgent household.”

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