“Obviously, we can see what was in front of the camera, but if a photograph is honestly made, it's a bit of a self-portrait. I think it's impossible for a photographer who is working honestly to keep this from happening.” IfsThinkingMadeSelfBitsImpossibleFrontsPhotographyHappeningsCamerasPhotographerPhotographHonestlyMade ItPortraitsSelf Portrait Author:John Sexton
“My mom had a Canon AE1 camera and I read the manual and that's basically how I became a photographer. I was in the Baltimore punk scene. I knew it was a special time, so I went out and documented that whole era. I was the only person to really do it of my friends in real black and white, beautiful portraits.” PersonsRealWholeBeautifulBlackWhiteSpecialMomSceneMy FriendsCamerasPhotographerMy MomErasPunkBlack And WhitePortraitsManualsBaltimoreCanonSpecial Times Author:Jeff Vespa
“Most portraits are lies. People are rarely what they appear to be, especially in front of a camera. You might know me your entire lifetime and never reveal yourself to me. To interpret wrinkles as character is insult not insight.” PeopleKnowsCharacterMightLyingFrontsCamerasLifetimeInsightInsultKnow MePortraitsWrinkles Author:Duane Michals
“But let's speak of art for a moment. Yes, art. I know a gentleman who makes excellent portraits. This gentleman is a camera.” KnowsArtMomentsSpeakCamerasExcellentGentlemanPortraits Author:Tristan Tzara
“Improvisational things about picture-making... learned from working with the small camera early on have served me well in being able to think quickly when making [portraits].” ThinkingWellsAbleCamerasPortraits Author:Dawoud Bey
“I think [indications of vulnerability are] why so many portraits work when they're difficult: we believe we're presenting ourselves one way, but the camera always reveals something more vulnerable, despite our best efforts.” ThinkingWayBelieveDifficultEffortCamerasDespiteVulnerableOne WayVulnerabilityPortraitsIndicationPresentingBest Effort Author:Katy Grannan
“I think a bigger difference with social media is going to be things like the impact Instagram will have for historians. For the longest time, we had no images of the past. And then when we had the advent of the camera, we had a record of the things people chose to photograph, which, for a while, were portraits of your family, a new building we built, or a really big horse. Well now we have images of everything. That will be the biggest difference I think - that we will have a visual record of this reality in a way that will be completely covered.” PeopleThinkingWayWellsBigsRealityPastSocialDifferencesRecordsMediaBuildingBuiltBiggerHorseCamerasImpactPhotographSocial MediaOur FamilyVisualsCoveredHistorianPortraitsInstagramAdvent Author:Chuck Klosterman
“There are ways of angling the camera. I don't just use a tripod. The only time I did that was in '88 when I first came out of detox, I spent every day doing self-portraits to fit back into my own skin. I didn't know what the world looked like - what I looked like - so in order to fit back into myself, I took self-portraits everyday to give myself courage and to fit the pieces back together. I used a tripod then.” KnowsWorldWayGivingFirstsSelfUseTogetherUsedOrderMy OwnPiecesFitSkinsCamerasEverydayPortraitsOnly TimeBack TogetherAnglingSelf PortraitTripods Author:Nan Goldin
“A portrait is not made in the camera but on either side of it.” InspirationalMadeSidesPhotographyCamerasPhotographerPhotographPortraitsPhotography By PhotographersInspirational PhotographyPhoto ShootsGreat PhotographyCamera And Photography Author:Edward Steichen
“My portraits are more about me than they are about the people I photograph.” PeoplePhotographyCamerasPhotographerPhotographPortraitsSnapshotsCamera And PhotographySelf Portrait PhotographyBlack And White PhotographyCapturing A Moment Photography Author:Richard Avedon