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Quote by Werner Bischof

“I am powerless against the great magazines - I am an artist, and I will always be that.”

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Werner Bischof was a Swiss photographer renowned for his profound depiction of human suffering. His work covered a wide range of themes from war to life in poverty, reflecting his deep concern for society. more

“In the long run I don't think anyone can overlook these images of hunger, that people can ignore all my pictures - no, definitely not. And even if only a vague impression remains, in time this will create a basis that will help people distinguish between what is good and what is objectionable.”

People Ifs Thinking Long Helping Running Bases Remains Hunger Impression Long Runs Vague

Author:Werner Bischof

“If I give someone a horsetail he will have no difficulty making a photographic enlargement of it - anyone can do that. But to observe it, to notice and discover its forms, is something that only a few are capable of.”

Ifs Giving Form Can Do Capable Difficulty Enlargement

Author:Karl Blossfeldt

“Beauty is not pretty.”

Not Pretty

Author:Erwin Blumenfeld

“Photography Cannot Record Abstract Ideas (Title of a 16x20 inch photograph depicting an index card on which that phrase is handwritten.)”

Ideas Records Photography Photograph Cards Titles Phrases Abstract Inches

Author:Mel Bochner

“Photography was seen as the enemy of all the values of late modernism... and as things turned out, it was.”

Values Enemy Late Photography Modernism

Author:Mel Bochner

“In 1967 there was no place for photography in a contemporary art gallery. It was almost impossible to get an art dealer to look at, let alone exhibit, anything photographic.”

Looks Art Impossible Photography Contemporary Gallery Exhibits Dealer Contemporary Art Art Galleries

Author:Mel Bochner

“If my photos have any value, it's because they show a Mexico that no longer exists.”

Ifs Shows Values Mexico

Author:Lola Alvarez Bravo

“If I came out a photographer it's because I knew about painting, composition, and the handling of light.”

Ifs Light Painting Photographer Composition

Author:Lola Alvarez Bravo

“There is no other art with as great a democratic capacity as photography.”

Art Photography Capacity Democratic

Author:Manuel Alvarez Bravo

“Shoot what you see, not what you think.”

Thinking

Author:Manuel Alvarez Bravo

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