“The film of tomorrow will not be directed by civil servants of the camera, but by artists for whom shooting a film constitutes a wonderful and thrilling adventure.” FilmArtistWonderfulAdventureTomorrowTravelCamerasShootingServantFunny TravelThrillingHippieCivil Servants Author:Francois Truffaut
“I almost never set out to photograph a landscape, nor do I think of my camera as a means of recording a mountain or an animal unless I absolutely need a 'record shot'. My first thought is always of light.” ThinkingNeedsFirstsMeanLightArtistAnimalRecordsMountainPhotographyShotsCamerasPhotographerPhotographLandscape Author:Galen Rowell
“"Only with effort can the camera be forced to lie: basically it is an honest medium: so the photographer is much more likely to approach nature in a spirit of inquiry, of communion, instead of with the saucy swagger of self-dubbed "artists"."” SelfSpiritLyingArtistEffortHonestApproachPhotographyCamerasPhotographerMediumsCommunionInquirySwagger Book:The daybooks of Edward Weston Source: The daybooks of Edward Weston
“The virtue of the camera is not the power it has to transform the photographer into an artist, but the impulse it gives him to keep on looking.” GivingArtistVirtuePhotographyCamerasPhotographerImpulseCamera And Photography Book:Once Around the Sun Source: Once Around the Sun
“The contemporary artist...is not bound to a fully conceived, previsioned end. His mind is kept alert to in-process discovery and a working rapport is established between the artist and his creation. While it may be true, as Nathan Lyons stated, 'The eye and the camera see more than the mind knows,' is it not also conceivable that the mind knows more than the eye and the camera can see?” KnowsMindMayEndsEyeArtistProcessCreationPhotographyDiscoveryCamerasBoundsPhotographerContemporaryBeing TrueRapport Author:Jerry Uelsmann
“The camera for an artist is just another tool. It is no more mechanical than a violin if you analyze it. Beyond the rudiments, it is up to the artist to create art, not the camera.” IfsArtArtistToolsCamerasViolin Author:Brett Weston