“Photography is not only drawing with light, though light is the indispensable agent of its being. It is modeling or sculpturing with light, to reproduce the plastic form of natural objects. It is painting with light.” LightFormNaturalObjectsPaintingPhotographyDrawingAgentsPlasticIndispensableModeling Book:A guide to better photography Source: A guide to better photography
“In the history of photography, one process has always replaced another. The tumultuous realignment that's going on in the photography now is really just a natural evolution. The irony is that none of the processes that have been replaced have disappeared. More people than ever are practicing every approach to shooting and printing.” PeopleHas BeensProcessNaturalEvolutionApproachPhotographyShootingIronyReplacedPrintingHistory Of Photography Author:Keith Carter
“I like small things, I like small moments that are almost elliptical, that are not necessarily linear; they're natural things that happen in the world, but if you look at them from a slight angle there's more than meets the eye.” IfsWorldLooksMomentsHappensEyeNaturalPhotographyAngleSmall ThingsLinearNatural ThingsSmall MomentsMore Than Meets The Eye Author:Keith Carter
“I love writing and photography and the natural world that inspires them both. I'm working on getting as lost as I can in the beauty before it is completely wiped clean by the madness of man.” MenWorldWritingI CanLostNaturalInspirePhotographyMadnessCleanNatural World Author:Jason Reeves
“I make photographs and still make photographs of the natural environment. It's a love because that was part of my life before I was involved in photography.” StillsNaturalLove IsEnvironmentInvolvedPhotographyPhotographNatural Environment Author:John Sexton
“So when I became interested in photography and further being inspired by the work that I saw of Ansel and others, it was a natural extension to go back to these places that I knew as a kid and explore them with my camera.” KidsNaturalSawsPhotographyCamerasInspiredPhotographerExtensions Author:John Sexton
“"It is light that reveals, light that obscures, light that communicates. It is light I "listen" to. The light late in the day has a distinct quality, as it fades toward the darkness of evening. After sunset there is a gentle leaving of the light, the air begins to still, and a quiet descends. I see magic in the quiet light of dusk. I feel quiet, yet intense energy in the natural elements of our habitat. A sense of magic prevails. A sense of mystery. It is a time for contemplation, for listening - a time for making photographs. "” FeelsStillsLightEnergyNaturalQualityDarknessMagicAirMysteryListeningQuietElementsLatePhotographyLeavingPhotographerPhotographCommunicateIntenseEveningGentleContemplationSunsetFadesDuskHabitatNatural Elements Author:John Sexton
“Now, at a moment when photography is so pervasive that it's been forced to grapple with its own identity and look inward, it feels like a natural moment for painting to look out, to reclaim that directive of picturing America.” FeelsLooksMomentsAmericaNaturalIdentityPaintingPhotographyInward Author:Cynthia Daignault
“If photography is allowed to supplement art in some of its functions, it will soon have supplanted or corrupted it altogether, thanks to the stupidity of the multitude which is its natural ally.” IfsArtNaturalPhotographyFunctionStupidityThanksAlliesMultitudesSupplements Book:Art in Paris 1845-1862: salons and other exhibitions Source: Art in Paris 1845-1862: salons and other exhibitions
“If photography is to be likened to perception, this is not because the former is a natural process but because the latter is also coded.” IfsProcessNaturalPerceptionPhotographyFormerLatter Author:Umberto Eco
“It is my intention to present - through the medium of photography - intuitive observations of the natural world which may have meaning to the spectators.” WorldMayNaturalPhotographyIntentionPhotographerMediumsObservationIntuitiveSpectatorsNatural WorldLandscape PhotographyFilm PhotographyPhotography And Film Author:Ansel Adams
“I find it some of the hardest photography and the most challenging photography I've ever done. It's a real challenge to work with the natural features and the natural light.” RealDoneLightNaturalChallengesPhotographyHardestFeaturesPhotography And LightNatural Light Author:Galen Rowell
“I do not object to retouching, dodging or accentuation as long as they do not interfere with the natural qualities of photographic technique.” LongNaturalQualityObjectsPhotographyTechniqueInterfereRetouching Author:Alfred Stieglitz
“With photography, I like to create a fiction out of reality. I try and do this by taking society's natural prejudice and giving this a twist.” GivingTryingRealityNaturalFictionPhotographyPrejudiceTwists Author:Martin Parr