“The photographs of space taken by our astronauts have been published all over the place. But the eye is a much more dynamic mechanism than any camera or pictures. It's a more exciting view in person than looking at the photographs. Of course, I personally am sick and tired of hearing people talk like that: I want to see it myself!” PeopleWantPersonsHas BeensEyeCoursesSpaceViewsTakenSickExcitingCamerasTiredPhotographHearingMechanismAstronaut Author:Burt Rutan
“The many pro-surveillance advocates I have debated since Snowden blew the whistle have been quick to echo [Google CEO] Eric Schmidt's view that privacy is for people who have something to hide. But none of them would willingly give me the passwords to their email accounts, or allow video cameras in their homes.” PeopleGivingHas BeensHomeViewsAccountsGive MeCamerasVideoPrivacyEchoesGoogleCeoEmailSurveillanceEricSnowdenPasswordsVideo CamerasSchmidt Author:Glenn Greenwald
“My aesthetic is derived from my point of view which is one of optimism and hope. The camera became a conduit for my need to create a more beautiful world around me.” WorldNeedsBeautifulViewsOptimismCamerasPoint Of ViewAestheticBeautiful WorldOptimism And Hope Author:Mike Ruiz
“While making my picture window photographs, I came to think that every room was like a gigantic camera forever pointed at the same view.” ThinkingRoomsViewsForeverWindowCamerasPhotographerPhotograph Author:John Pfahl
“I am always surprised when I watch the weather report on German television. First they show the map of Europe and then the camera moves to the right. Then comes Kiev, then Moscow and then everything stops. This seems to be the West's view of us - of a wild Russia that begins past Moscow, a place one prefers not to see. This is a big mistake. The West must pay closer attention.” FirstsShowsBigsSeemsPastMovingViewsPayAttentionMistakeWatchesTelevisionEuropeCamerasWestRussiaWeatherReportsMapsMoscowBig MistakeKiev Author:Vladimir Sorokin
“I think the equipment you use has a real, visible influence on the character of your photography. You're going to work differently, and make different kinds of pictures, if you have to set up a view camera on a tripod than if you're Lee Friedlander with handheld 35 mm rangefinder. But fundamentally, vision is not about which camera or how many megapixels you have, it's about what you find important. It's all about ideas.” IfsThinkingKindImportantIdeasDifferentRealCharacterUseViewsVisionInfluencePhotographyCamerasVisibleDifferent KindsEquipmentGoing To WorkTripods Author:Keith Carter
“Today my passion is still black and white. Today if I have an array of cameras in front of me the one I would reach for that I would feel most comfortable with would be a 4 X 5 View camera. I was once working in a sort of soft light situation.” IfsFeelsStillsLightWould BeTodayArtistPassionBlackWhiteViewsSituationFrontsComfortableCamerasPhotographerBlack And WhiteMy Passion Author:John Sexton
“With film, you have very limited tools to convey subjectivity - voiceover, the camera's point of view, good acting - but even the very best actor in the world is crude by comparison with what you can do in a written paragraph.” WorldFilmActorsCan DoViewsActingWrittenToolsCamerasPoint Of ViewComparisonCrudeParagraphSubjectivityGood Acting Author:William Boyd
“Photojournalism has become a hybrid enterprise of amateurs and professionals, along with surveillance cameras, Google Street Views, and other sources. What is underrepresented are those "metaphotographers" who can make sense of the billions of images being made and can provide context and authenticate them. We need curators to filter this overabundance more than we need new legions of photographers.” NeedsMadeViewsStreetsSourceCamerasPhotographerBillionsMake SenseEnterpriseGoogleSurveillanceFiltersHybridLegionCuratorPhotojournalismOverabundanceSurveillance Cameras Author:Fred Ritchin
“Should there be cameras everywhere in outdoor streets? My personal view is having cameras in inner cities is a very good thing. In the case of London, petty crime has gone down. They catch terrorists because of it. And if something really bad happens, most of the time you can figure out who did it.” IfsShouldHappensViewsCitiesCasesGoneStreetsCrimeFiguresCamerasGood ThingsVery GoodLondonTerroristPettyInner CityPersonal Views Author:Bill Gates
“Photography today is accomplishing a lofty mission in which every German should collaborate by buying a camera. The German people is ahead of every other in the technical domain and, thanks to its exceptional qualities, the small camera has conquered the whole world... Much is at stake here from the point of view of popular consumer goods and, furthermore, photography has a particularly important political role to play. (Addressing the Berlin Photography Fair, 1933)” PeopleWorldShouldImportantPlayWholeTodayPoliticalViewsQualityRolesPhotographyFairsCamerasMissionsPoint Of ViewWhole WorldThanksConsumersBuyingGoodsStakesExceptionalDomainBerlinLofty Author:Joseph Goebbels
“I use an 8 x 10 view camera. All other cameras are just toys.” UseViewsCamerasToys Author:Jock Sturges
“In Slumdog Millionaire when you are immersed in the point of view of children in the slum and the bustle of the city, the handheld camerawork is amazing. A handheld camera is perfect for establishing point-of-view and for instilling the feeling that you are there.” ChildrenFeelingsPerfectViewsCitiesCamerasPoint Of ViewMillionaireSlumsBustleSlumdog Millionaire Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“The challenge and the goal was to get inside Owen's [Suskind] world, because I really wanted to see it through his point of view. To achieve that naturalism, I used a screen in front of a camera as I interviewed him” WorldWantedUsedGoalChallengesViewsAchieveFrontsCamerasPoint Of ViewScreensNaturalism Author:Roger Ross Williams
“Silence Of The Lambs is a fantastic film. It's a horror film, and it's an incredibly well-told film that is about point of view in such a unique way. The way that film is shot, the way the eyelines are so close, if not directly into camera, betrays an intimacy with the characters and the audience.” IfsWayWellsCharacterFilmViewsSilenceAudienceHorrorUniqueShotsCamerasPoint Of ViewFantasticIntimacyBetrayLambsHorror Film Author:Bryan Fuller
“When I'm about ready to press the cable release on the View camera, I've tried to anticipate some of the challenges I'm going to encounter in the darkroom.” ArtistChallengesViewsReadyPhotographyCamerasPressesReleaseEncountersCablesAnticipateDarkroom Author:John Sexton
“... If we consider the difference between William Henry Jackson packing in his camera by mule, and the person stepping for a moment from his car to take a picture with his Instamatic, it becomes clear how some of our space has vanished; if the time it takes to cross space is a way by which we define it, then to arrive at a view of space 'in no time' is to have denied its reality.” IfsWayPersonsMomentsRealityDifferencesSpaceViewsClearCarPhotographyCrossesCamerasDeniedPackingMules Author:Robert Adams
“The photograph is not only a pictorial report; it is also a psychological report. It represents the feelings and point of view of the intelligence behind the camera.” FeelingsViewsBehindsPhotographyCamerasPhotographPoint Of ViewPsychologicalReportsPictorial Author:Alexey Brodovitch
“I was known as a 35-mm photographer with a view-camera mentality.” ViewsKnownCamerasPhotographerMentality Author:Sam Abell
“Actually, the camera was never overhead at any time. It was always a side view of me. Subsequently, after the picture was released, I saw some scenes from above and my clothes being pulled-and I think that was added later.” ThinkingTimeSidesViewsSawsSceneClothesCamerasOverhead Author:Fay Wray