“When the true qualities of photography are recognized, the process of representation by mechanical means will be brought to a level of perfection never before reached.” MeanProcessLevelsQualityPhotographyPerfectionRepresentation Author:Laszlo Moholy-Nagy
“I have gradually confused photography and life and as a result of this I believe I am able to work out of myself at an almost precognitive level.” BelieveAbleI BelieveLevelsResultsPhotographyWork OutConfusedThis I Believe Author:Jerry Uelsmann
“Essentially, in photography, I think on two levels: one emotional and the other technical. The emotional impact has to do with looking for something dramatic happening in the photograph, something that reaches out and touches somebody in some way. And the technical is having to do with composition and framing - light and dark, light and shadow.” ThinkingWayTwoLightDarkLevelsEmotionalPhotographyHappeningsShadowImpactPhotographDramaticReach OutCompositionLight And DarkFramingLight And Shadow Author:Leonard Nimoy
“At a fundamental level photography is much like pointing, and all of us occasionally point at things: look at that, look at that sailboat, look at that tree, etc. etc.” LooksLevelsTreePhotographyFundamentalsEtcPointingSailboat Author:Keith Carter
“I want my pictures to cut through political abstractions... and make a connection on a human level.” WantHumansPoliticalLevelsCuttingPhotographyConnectionsAbstraction Author:James Nachtwey
“Whatever it takes to get the image to reach that level is what that photographer needs to do. And for me, I just have such a love of the tactile and sensuous quality of a black and white silver gelatin print.” NeedsBlackWhiteLevelsQualityPhotographyPhotographerSilverPrintBlack And WhiteWhatever It TakesSensuousTactileGelatin Author:John Sexton
“Whatever it takes to get the image to reach that level is what that photographer needs to do.” NeedsLevelsPhotographyPhotographerWhatever It TakesTactileGelatin Author:John Sexton
“Photography... unites the obvious and the unconscious at the level of the limimal - the border between what we see and what we suspect.” LevelsPhotographyObviousBordersUnconsciousSuspects Author:Philip-Lorca diCorcia
“What's happened is that the digital age has made photography more accessible to people. Everyone is a photographer. But to do it [photography] at a certain level, well, there's a skill to it. Still, it's a good time for photography now.” PeopleWellsMadeStillsAgeCertainLevelsHappenedSkillsPhotographyPhotographerGood TimesDigitalDigital Age Author:Bryan Adams
“Well, I do think, particularly the way I work, the better images occur when you're moving to the fringes of your own understanding. That's where self-doubt and risk taking are likely to occur. It's when you trust what's happening at a non-intellectual non-conscious level that you can produce work that later resonates, often in a way that you can't articulate a response to.” ThinkingWayWellsSelfMovingUnderstandingLevelsDoubtRiskProducePhotographyIntellectualHappeningsConsciousResponsePhotographerFringeRisk-takingSelf-doubt Author:Jerry Uelsmann
“What is the subject matter of this apparently very personal world? It has been suggested that these shapes and images are underworld characters, the inhabitants of the vast common realm of memories that have gone down below the level of conscious control. It may be they are. The degree of emotional involvement and the amount of free association with the material being photographed would point in that direction.” WorldMayHas BeensMatterCharacterMemoriesLevelsCommonGoneSubjectsEmotionalMaterialsAmountShapesDegreesPhotographyConsciousPhotographerRealmsAssociationInvolvementSubject MatterUnderworld Author:Aaron Siskind
“What you see is real - but only on the particular level to which you've developed your sense of seeing. You can expand your reality by developing new ways of perceiving.” WayRealRealityLevelsSeeingParticularPhotographyPhotographerDevelopingNew Ways Author:Wynn Bullock
“It is the photographer's decision at the two levels of seeing the picture - when it is shot and when it is chosen and printed that determines his personal style.” TwoDecisionLevelsSeeingStylePhotographyShotsPhotographerDetermineChosenPrintedPersonal Style Author:Alexey Brodovitch