Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote by Berenice Abbott

Quote by 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.”

Quote by Berenice Abbott

Create image

Author

Berenice Abbott
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

You May Also Like

“What is the subject matter of this apparently very personal world? It has been suggested that these shapes and images are underworld characters, the inhabitants of the vast common realm of memories that have gone down below the level of conscious control. It may be they are. The degree of emotional involvement and the amount of free association with the material being photographed would point in that direction.”

WorldMayHas BeensMatterCharacterMemoriesLevelsCommonGoneSubjectsEmotionalMaterialsAmountShapesDegreesPhotographyConsciousPhotographerRealmsAssociationInvolvementSubject MatterUnderworld
Author:Aaron Siskind
Create image

“Too many photographers try too hard. They try to lift photography into the realm of Art, because they have an inferiority complex about their craft. You and I would see more interesting photography if they would stop worrying, and instead, apply horse-sense to the problem of recording the look and feel of their own era.”

IfsFeelsTryingLooksArtHardProblemInterestingWorryPhotographyArt IsHorseComplexesPhotographerCraftsErasLiftsRealmsInferiorityStop WorryingInferiority ComplexHorse Sense
Author:Jessie Tarbox Beals
Create image