“This stupid celebrity thing is just a consequence of being good at what you do. I mean, no one would photograph David Beckham if he wasn't the best attacking midfielder in the country - much as I hate Man. U!” IfsMenMeanCountryHateStupidConsequenceI HatePhotographBe GoodAttackingBeckhamStupid CelebrityMidfieldersI Hate Men Author:Nick Moran
“Look at the things around you, the immediate world around you. If you are alive, it will mean something to you, and if you care enough about photography, and if you know how to use it, you will want to photograph that meaningness. If you let other people's vision get between the world and your own, you will achieve that extremely common and worthless thing, a pictorial photograph.” PeopleIfsKnowsWorldWantLooksMeanEnoughUseCareCommonVisionKnow HowAliveAchievePhotographyPhotographWorthlessIf You CarePictorial Author:Paul Strand
“People in motion are wonderful to photograph. It means catching the right moment... when one thing changes into something else.” PeopleMeanMomentsWonderfulOne ThingMovementPhotographThings ChangeCatchingRight Moment Book:André Kertész: Photographs from the J. Paul Getty Museum Source: André Kertész: Photographs from the J. Paul Getty Museum
“If you look at a photograph, and you think, 'My isn't that a beautiful photograph,' and you go on to the next one, or 'Isn't that nice light?' so what? I mean what does it do to you or what's the real value in the long run? What do you walk away from it with? I mean, I'd much rather show you a photograph that makes demands on you, that you might become involved in on your own terms or be perplexed by.” IfsThinkingLooksMeanLongDoeRealShowsLightMightRunningBeautifulValuesNextTermWalksNiceGoes OnInvolvedDemandPhotographLong RunsThe Next OneReal ValuePerplexed Author:Duane Michals