“My photographs are a celebration of life, fun and the beautiful. They are a world that doesn't exist. A fantasy. Freedom is real. There are no rules. The life I wish I was living.” WorldRealBeautifulFunWishFantasyPhotographCelebrationCelebration Of LifeFun Life Author:Ryan McGinley
“If you look at a photograph, and you think, 'My isn't that a beautiful photograph,' and you go on to the next one, or 'Isn't that nice light?' so what? I mean what does it do to you or what's the real value in the long run? What do you walk away from it with? I mean, I'd much rather show you a photograph that makes demands on you, that you might become involved in on your own terms or be perplexed by.” IfsThinkingLooksMeanLongDoeRealShowsLightMightRunningBeautifulValuesNextTermWalksNiceGoes OnInvolvedDemandPhotographLong RunsThe Next OneReal ValuePerplexed Author:Duane Michals
“Mark Tobey fills his canvases with elliptical, calligraphic lines, beautiful whirls that seem at first glance to be completely abstract and to come from nowhere at all except his own subjective musing. But I shall never forget how struck I was, on visiting Tobey's studio one day, to see strewn around books on astronomy and photographs of the Milky Way. I knew then that Tobey experiences the movement of the stars and solar constellations as the external pole of his encounter.” WayFirstsBookSeemsBeautifulStarsLinesForgetMovementOne DayMarkPhotographStudiosAstronomyAbstractEncountersNever ForgetGlancesSubjectiveVisitingConstellationsMusingsMilky Way Author:Rollo May
“Excellent anthology... a celebration of our goodness and our potential for growth. The sense of celebration is stretched by the beautiful photographs.” BeautifulGrowthGoodnessPhotographExcellentCelebrationAnthology Author:Joseph C Zinker
“The photograph of my brother that is in this album shows a young man, beautiful and perfect in the way of young people, for young people are always perfect and beautiful until they are not, until the moment they just are not.” PeopleMenWayMomentsShowsBeautifulYoungPerfectBrotherPhotographAlbumsYoung ManMy Brother Author:Jamaica Kincaid
“I am a great admirer of Robert Vavra and love his beautiful photographs and books. He is a wonderful artist, a poet.” BookBeautifulArtistWonderfulPoetAnd LovePhotographAdmirer Author:Leni Riefenstahl
“As a scientist Miss [Rosalind] Franklin was distinguished by extreme clarity and perfection in everything she undertook. Her photographs are among the most beautiful X-ray photographs of any substance ever taken.” BeautifulTakenMissingPerfectionScientistPhotographExtremesClaritySubstanceRaysDistinguishedFranklin Author:John Desmond Bernal
“I think that the photographer must completely control his picture and bring to it all his personality, and in this area most photographs never transcend being just snapshots. When a great photographer does infuse the snapshot with his personality and vision, it can be transformed into something truly moving and beautiful.” ThinkingDoeBeautifulMovingVisionPersonalityAreasPhotographerPhotographTransformedSnapshots Author:Duane Michals