“The effort of painting from life has cost my models a great deal of physical discomfort, and cost me a great deal of money in model fees... I have wanted to make the camera obsolete... because, in my reading about early 20th century art, I found that the most frequently used argument made in favor of abstraction was that the camera made realist painting obsolete.” ArtMadeWantedUsedReadingFoundDealsEffortCenturyPaintingCostPhotographyModelsArgumentCamerasFavors20th CenturyAbstractionDiscomfortObsoleteRealistFees Author:Philip Pearlstein
“I've had photographs taken for portraits because I very much prefer working from the photographs than from models... I couldn't attempt to do a portrait from photographs of somebody I didn't know.” KnowsTakenPhotographyModelsPhotographPortraits Author:Francis Bacon
“Many artists, having assimilated the Conceptualists' explorations to varying degrees, have reused the painterly model and use photography, quite consciously and systematically, to produce works that stand alone and exist as photographic paintings.” UseArtistProducePaintingDegreesPhotographyModelsExplorationStand Alone Author:Jean-Francois Chevrier
“All aspects of photography interest me and I feel for the female body the same curiosity and the same love as for a landscape, a face or anything else which interests me. In any case, the nude is a form of landscape. There are no reasons for my photographs, nor any rules; all depends on the mood of the moment, on the mood of the model.” FeelsReasonMomentsBodyFacesFormInterestCasesDependsPhotographyModelsFemaleAspectCuriosityPhotographMoodLandscapeNo ReasonFemale BodySame Love Author:Jeanloup Sieff
“It was around the age of 18 when I started to feel like I had learned everything I could learn from being a model - modeling is a really incredible form of expression, but I got into modeling because I loved fashion so much and I really loved photography.” FeelsAgeFormFashionExpressionPhotographyModelsIncrediblesModeling Author:Jaime King
“Evolution in action: First, God said, 'Let there be light.' Then, he created two nude models. Now we have photographers.” FirstsSaidTwoLightActionEvolutionPhotographyModelsPhotographer Author:Bill Jay
“It's shot by Ben Rayner who I think is very talented at doing portrait photography as well as fashion photography. His images never look like a model. You know, it doesn't look like a faceless model just wearing whatever. There's always personality that comes through. That was quite important for me to capture.” ThinkingKnowsWellsLooksImportantFashionPersonalityPhotographyModelsShotsCapturePortraitsFacelessFashion PhotographyPortrait Photography Author:Alexa Chung
“Light is my inspiration, my paint and brush. It is as vital as the model herself. Profoundly significant, it caresses the essential superlative curves and lines. Light I acknowledge as the energy upon which all life on this planet depends.” LightInspirationEnergyLinesPlanetsDependsEssentialsPhotographyModelsPaintPhotographerSignificantAcknowledgeBrushesCurvesCaressSuperlatives Author:Ruth Bernhard