“When I was at college, the idea of fashion was more immediate to me, whereas art photography, the depth of it, was a different thing. Storytelling - fanciful storytelling - can only be told through fashion photography. It's the perfect way to play with fantasy and dreams.” WayArtIdeasDifferentPlayDreamPerfectFantasyFashionCollegePhotographyDepthStorytellingDifferent ThingsArt PhotographyFashion Photography Author:Tim Walker
“I think there is an element of magic in photography - light, chemistry, precious metals - a certain alchemy. You can wield a camera like a magic wand almost. Murmur the right words and you can conjure up proof of a dream. I believe in wonder. I look for it in my life every day; I find it in the most ordinary things.” ThinkingBelieveLooksDreamLightCertainI BelieveWonderMagicElementsPhotographyOrdinaryCamerasI Believe InProofChemistryMetalsAlchemyWandsRight WordsOrdinary ThingsMagic WandsPrecious Metal Author:Keith Carter
“I don't know if I can articulate how I feel. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would make it here.” IfsThinkingKnowsFeelsI CanDreamPhotographyWildest Dreams Author:Keith Carter
“You become things, you become an atmosphere, and if you become it, which means you incorporate it within you, you can also give it back. You can put this feeling into a picture. A painter can do it. And a musician can do it and I think a photographer can do that too and that I would call the dreaming with open eyes.” IfsThinkingGivingMeanFeelingsDreamEyeCan DoCreativityPhotographyMusicianPhotographerPainterAtmosphereWithin YouOpen Eyes Author:Ernst Haas
“When you think of fashion photography, it's a dream. It's like we all want to be those women. We want to wear those dresses.” ThinkingWantDreamFashionPhotographyDressesFashion Photography Author:Stella McCartney
“The movie stars and matinee idols are put into the public domain by photography. They become dreams that money can buy. They can be bought and thumbed more easily than public prostitutes.” DreamStarsPhotographyIdolsMovie StarDomainPublic Domain Book:Understanding media: the extensions of man Source: Understanding media: the extensions of man
“Part of the fascination that photography holds is its ability to unlock secrets kept even from ourselves. Like dreams, the photograph can uncork a heady bouquet of recognition which can escape into the cognitive world.” WorldDreamAbilitySecretPhotographyPhotographRecognitionFascinationCognitiveBouquets Author:Jack Welpott
“I just directed another picture called 'American Dream' with Nick Stahl. Just finished shooting principal photography right before I started ['Lincoln'].” DreamPhotographyFinishedShootingAmerican DreamPrincipal Author:Janusz Kaminski
“No matter how much crap you gotta plow through to stay alive as a photographer, no matter how many bad assignments, bad days, bad clients, snotty subjects, obnoxious handlers, wigged-out art directors, technical disasters, failures of the mind, body, and will, all the shouldas, couldas, and wouldas that befuddle our brains and creep into our dreams, always remember to make room to shoot what you love. It's the only way to keep your heart beating as a photographer.” WayMindHeartArtMatterDreamBodyRememberRoomsBrainAliveSubjectsDirectorsPhotographyArt IsPhotographerDisasterClientsCrapBad AssOur DreamsBad DayCreepsWhat You LoveAssignmentsStaying AliveObnoxiousHeart BeatMind BodyInspirational PhotographyHeart BeatingArt Director Author:Joe McNally
“"Simply look with perceptive eyes at the world about you, and trust to your own reactions and convictions. Ask yourself: "Does this subject move me to feel, think and dream? Can I visualize a print - my own personal statement of what I feel and want to convey - from the subject before me?""” ThinkingWorldWantFeelsLooksDoeDreamEyeMovingAsksMy OwnSubjectsPhotographyConvictionReactionsStatementsPrintPersonal Statement Author:Ansel Adams
“Reality is greater than our dreams.” DreamRealityGreaterPhotographyPhotographerOur Dreams Author:Frederick Sommer