“Nobody thinks about technical issues anymore because cameras or camera phones take care of that automatically. On the other hand, you still have the option of controlling every technical aspect. It's the most accessible, democratic medium available in the world.” ThinkingWorldStillsHandsCareTechnologyIssuesAspectCamerasDemocraticPhonesAvailableTake CareMediums Author:Martin Parr
“Cameras began duplicating the world at that moment when the human landscape started to undergo a vertiginous rate of change: while an untold number of forms of biological and social life are being destroyed in a brief span of time, a device is available to record what is disappearing.” WorldHumansMomentsFormSocialNumbersRecordsPhotographyCamerasRateAvailableDisappearDestroyedLandscapeDevicesThat MomentSocial LifeRate Of Change Book:On photography Source: On photography
“I directed 24's pilot. I felt we should follow the characters around as if we were a documentary crew, using available light, hand-held cameras, split screens, sound that isn't always what it should be, to suit the reality of the premise.” IfsShouldCharacterHandsRealityLightFeltSoundCamerasAvailableScreensSuitsPilotsSplitsCrewDocumentariesPremises Author:Stephen Hopkins
“As small, quick, foolproof cameras became generally available, moreover, the camera has been used so much and so flabbily by so many people that it has acted as a sort of contraceptive on the ability to see.” PeopleHas BeensUsedAbilityCamerasAvailableAbility To SeeContraceptivesFoolproof Book:A Way of Seeing Source: A Way of Seeing
“There's this crazy thinking that style guarantees truth. You go out with a hand-held camera, use available light, and somehow the truth emerges.” ThinkingUseHandsLightCrazyStyleCamerasAvailableGuarantees Author:Errol Morris
“Even a fellow with a camera has his favourite subjects, as we can see looking through the Kodak-albums of our friends. One amateur prefers the family group, another bathing scenes, another cows upon an alp, or kittens held upside down in the arms of a black-faced child. The tendency to choose one subject rather than another indicates the photographer's temperament. Nevertheless, his passion is for photography rather than for selection, a kitten will serve when no cows are available.” ChildrenPassionBlackGroupsSubjectsArmsScenePhotographyCamerasFellowsPhotographerAlbumsAvailableTendenciesCowsFavouriteNeverthelessSelectionTemperamentUpside DownKittenBathingAlpsKodak Author:E. M. Forster
“It's hard to transport myself forward in time, and the scarcity of opportunity back then kind of fueled my ambition. But back in my day, every family I knew had a Super 8 camera, and that's what I first picked up. We adapt to the technology we have available. But for the kids of today, they can really make something great with what is available.” FirstsKindHardKidsTodayOpportunityTechnologyAmbitionCamerasAvailableTransportMy AmbitionScarcity Author:Todd Haynes
“The visual quality of the cameras now is such that you can shoot with available light, and if people are willing to mount a microphone on the camera and maybe even on the subject, then you're good to go.” PeopleIfsLightQualitySubjectsWillingCamerasAvailableVisualsMicrophones Author:Brian Lindstrom
“As a teenager, I loved acting, painting, photography, and making films with my friend's Super 8 camera. But I always loved writing the best. I chose writing even before I knew poetry was available to me.” WritingFilmActingPaintingPhotographyMy FriendsCamerasAvailableTeenager Author:Denise Duhamel
“Cameras always were seductive. And then a darkroom became available, and that's when I stopped doing anything else.” CamerasAvailableSeductiveDarkroom Author:Garry Winogrand
“I am going to get officers training to deescalate situations, ban racial profiling, and make body cameras available.” BodySituationTrainingCamerasAvailableOfficersBansRacial Profiling Author:Hillary Clinton