“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
“If we examine a work of ordinary art, by means of a powerful microscope, all traces of resemblance to nature will disappear - but the closest scrutiny of the photogenic drawing discloses only a more absolute truth, a more perfect identity of aspect with the thing represented.” IfsMeanArtPerfectPowerfulIdentityPhotographyOrdinaryAspectAbsolutesDisappearDrawingClosestScrutinyResemblanceAbsolute TruthMicroscopesPhotogenic Author:Edgar Allan Poe
“What is a portrait good for, unless it shows just how the subject was seen by the painter? In the old days before photography came in a sitter had a perfect right to say to the artist: "Paint me just as I am." Now if he wishes absolute fidelity he can go to the photographer and get it.” IfsShowsArtistWishPerfectSubjectsPhotographyAbsolutesPaintPhotographerPainterPortraitsFidelityOld Days Author:Aubrey Beardsley
“Photography is a source of raw materials as I believe the camera is never perfect and will never be able to express in full what I see and feel.” FeelsBelieveAbleI BelievePerfectMaterialsSourcePhotographyCamerasRaw Materials Author:Nikolay Semyonov
“Photography, of course, is the perfect medium for the investigation. It can reveal the truth of present day specifics and particularities, while at the same time, by conscious choice of lighting and pictorial structure, suggest the aesthetic legacy of the past.” PastChoicesCoursesPerfectPhotographyConsciousStructurePhotographerMediumsLegacyAestheticInvestigationLightingPresent DayPictorialSpecifics Author:John Pfahl
“All technical refinements discourage me. Perfect photography, larger screens, hi-fi sound, all make it possible for mediocrities slavishly to reproduce nature; and this reproduction bores me. What interests me is the interpretation of life by an artist. The personality of the film maker interests me more than the copy of an object.” FilmArtistSoundInterestPerfectObjectsPersonalityPhotographyScreensInterpretationCopiesMakersMediocrityBoresDiscouragingReproductionRefinement Author:Jean Renoir
“Photography is not easy. You know it takes a painter or a sculpture or a musician years to perfect their technique. Then they're free to make an expression in a matter of moments. It takes moments for a photographer to perfect his technique. And then it takes years for him to make it into something that is truly creative and worthwhile.” KnowsYearsMatterMomentsEasyPerfectCreativeExpressionPhotographyMusicianPhotographerTechniquePainterWorthwhileSculpture Author:Paul Caponigro
“The painter... will find [photography] a rapid way of making collections of studies he could otherwise obtain only with much time and trouble and, whatever his talents might be, in a far less perfect manner.” WayMightPerfectStudyTroubleTalentPhotographyPainterCollectionsRapidsPerfect Man Author:Paul Delaroche
“I think my pictures are really about a kind of tension between my need to make a perfect picture and the impossibility of doing so. Something always fails, there's always a problem, and photography fails in a certain sense... This is what drives you to the next picture.” ThinkingNeedsKindProblemCertainNextPerfectFailingPhotographyTensionImpossibility Author:Gregory Crewdson
“There is no such thing as the perfect picture. That's the challenge of photography. I was always striving for perfection, even though I knew I could never achieve it. But it kept me reaching for something.” ChallengesPerfectAchievePhotographyPerfectionStriveReachingStriving For Perfection Author:Phil Stern
“There are many innovators hard at work seeking to perfect alternatives to meat, milk, and eggs. These food products will, like computer-generated graphics or photography or sound systems, just keep getting better and better until there is little difference between an animal-based protein and a plant-based one, or farm-produced versus cultured meat. That will make it easy for people to make the kinds of choices that will usher in a world with far less violence.” PeopleWorldKindLittlesHardChoicesEasySoundDifferencesPerfectAnimalViolenceProductsComputerPhotographyPlantSeekingAlternativesMeatGet BetterEggsFarmsMilkVersusProteinInnovatorsSound Systems Author:Wayne Pacelle
“I went into photography because it seemed like the perfect vehicle for commenting on the madness of today's existence.” TodayPerfectExistencePhotographyMadnessVehicle Book:Mapplethorpe Source: Mapplethorpe
“There are no rules and regulations for perfect composition. If there were we would be able to put all the information into a computer and would come out with a masterpiece. We know that's impossible. You have to compose by the seat of your pants.” IfsKnowsWould BeAblePerfectImpossibleInformationComputerPhotographyPhotographerSeatsPantsRegulationCompositionMasterpieceRules And Regulations Author:Arnold Newman
“Photography is a demanding action sport. The light can change so quickly. I often find myself sprinting so that I can catch the perfect light falling on a photogenic subject.” I CanLightActionFallSportsPerfectSubjectsPhotographyPhotogenic Author:Steven Pinker
“Photography suits the temper of this age - of active bodies and minds. It is a perfect medium for one whose mind is teeming with ideas, imagery, for a prolific worker who would be slowed down by painting or sculpting, for one who sees quickly and acts decisively, accurately.” MindIdeasBodyWould BeAgePerfectPaintingPhotographyWorkersActiveMediumsSuitsTemperImageryMind And BodySculpting Author:Edward Weston
“As photographers, we live through things so swiftly. All our experience and training is focused toward snatching off the highlights... That all significant perfect moment, so essential to capture, is often highly perishable. There may be little opportunity to probe deeper.” MayLittlesMomentsOpportunityPerfectEssentialsPhotographyTrainingPhotographerDeeperFocusedSignificantCaptureHighlightsPerfect Moments Book:Portrait of Myself Source: Portrait of Myself
“My pictures are about a search for a moment—a perfect moment. To me the most powerful moment in the whole process is when everything comes together and there is that perfect, beautiful, still moment. And for that instant, my life makes sense.” InspirationalStillsWholeMomentsTogetherBeautifulProcessPerfectPowerfulLife PhilosophyPhotographyMake SenseInstantMeaning Of LifeMost PowerfulMoments In TimePerfect MomentsBeautiful Moments Author:Gregory Crewdson