“Fantasy isn't something I put into the pictures; I don't try and inject them with a sense of play. But it's about being an honest photographer; a photograph is as much of a mirror of the photographer as it is the subject.” TryingPlayFantasySubjectsHonestMirrorsPhotographerPhotograph Author:Tim Walker
“I hate nothing more than sugary photographs with tricks, poses and effects. So allow me to be honest ?and tell the truth about our age and its people.” PeopleAgeHateEffectsHonestI HatePhotographTricksBeing HonestTelling The Truth Book:August Sander: Source: August Sander:
“Usually I think if there is something imperfect in a photograph it makes the picture more real. Photographs that are slick, smooth, and imperfect seem less honest to me.” IfsThinkingRealSeemsHonestPhotographImperfectSmoothSlick Book:Pictures under discussion Source: Pictures under discussion
“To chart a course, one must have a direction. In reality, the eye is no better than the philosophy behind it. The photographer creates, evolves a better, more selective, more acute eye by looking ever more sharply at what is going on in the world. Like every other means of expression, photography, if it is to be utterly honest and direct, should be related to the life of the times-the pulse of today. The photograph may be presented as finely and artistically as you will, but to merit serious consideration, must be directly connected with the world we live in.” IfsWorldShouldMayMeanPhilosophyRealityEyeTodayCoursesBehindsHonestSeriousExpressionPhotographyDirectPhotographerPhotographConnectedEvolveMeritRelatedConsiderationPulseSelective Author:Berenice Abbott
“I'm pretty open. I'm not afraid of men. I'm not afraid of women. I'm not afraid of sex and sexuality. It's part of me, and it comes out in the photograph. It's as if at that moment when I'm taking pictures, I'm not a man and I'm not a woman. If I see a moment that seems true to me, that seems honest, whether it's female or male, it's part of me as well.” IfsMenWellsMomentsSeemsSexHonestFemaleMalesPhotographSexualityThat MomentNot AfraidTaking Pictures Author:Mario Sorrenti
“Some people... cling to the idea that the photograph is an inherently real or honest image and as such is always on a different plane from an obviously subjective form of visual communication such as painting.” PeopleIdeasDifferentRealFormHonestPaintingCommunicationPhotographPlanesVisualsSubjective Author:Tibor Kalman
“Always, when the words art and artistic are applied to my photographic work, I am disagreeably affected. This is due, surely, to the bad use and abuse made of those terms. I consider myself a photographer, nothing more. If my photographs differ from that which is usually done in this field, it is precisely because I try to produce not art but honest photographs, without distortions or manipulations.” IfsTryingArtMadeDoneUseTermHonestFieldsProduceAbusePhotographerPhotographDuesArtisticManipulationAffectedDistortionUse And Abuse Book:Tina Modotti: photographs Source: Tina Modotti: photographs