“Is it possible to put an end to a form of human behavior which has existed throughout history by means of photography?” HumansMeanIdeasEndsSeemsFormBalanceBehaviorPhotographyNotionProportionMotivatedHuman Behavior Author:James Nachtwey
“There are almost too many possibilities. Photography is in direct proportion with our time: multiple, faster, instant. Because it is so easy, it will be more difficult.” EasyDifficultPossibilityPhotographyDirectPhotographerFasterInstantOur TimeProportionMultiple Author:Ernst Haas
“[Cameras] tend to turn people into things and the photograph extends and multiplies the human image to the proportions of mass-produced merchandise and, [in the age of photography] the world itself becomes a sort of museum of objects that have been encountered before in some other museum and to say that the camera cannot lie is merely to underline the multiple deceits that are now practiced in its name.” PeopleWorldHumansHas BeensAgeLyingTurnsNamesObjectsPhotographyMassCamerasPhotographProportionDeceitMuseumsMultipleMerchandise Author:Marshall McLuhan
“Portrait photography never had any charms for me, so I sought my subjects from the house-tops, and finally from the hill-tops and about the surrounding country; the taste strengthening as my successes became greater in proportion to the failures.” CountryHouseGreaterSubjectsTastePhotographyHillsCharmProportionPortraitsStrengtheningPortrait Photography Author:William Henry Jackson
“We regard the photograph, the picture on our wall, as the object itself (the man, landscape, and so on) depicted there. This need not have been so. We could easily imagine people who did not have this relation to such pictures. Who, for example, would be repelled by photographs, because a face without color and even perhaps a face in reduced proportions struck them as inhuman.” PeopleMenNeedsHas BeensWould BeFacesImagineExampleObjectsColorWallPhotographyRelationRegardPhotographLandscapeProportionInhuman Author:Ludwig Wittgenstein
“There are so many artists that are dyslexic or learning disabled, it's just phenomenal. There's also an unbelievably high proportion of artists who are left-handed, and a high correlation between left-handedness and learning disabilities.” ArtistLeftPhotographyPhotographerProportionDisabilityDisabledPhenomenalCorrelationDyslexicLeft HandedLearning Disability Author:Chuck Close
“I start with no preconceived idea - discovery excites me to focus - then rediscovery through the lens - final form of presentation seen on ground glass, the finished print previsioned completely in every detail of texture, movement, proportion, before exposure - the shutter's release automatically and finally fixes my conception, allowing no after manipulation - the ultimate end, the print, is but a duplication of all that I saw and felt through my camera.” IdeasEndsFormFeltSawsFocusMovementPhotographyDiscoveryUltimateCamerasFinalsPhotographerGlassesDetailsFinishedReleaseProportionManipulationPrintAllowingConceptionLensesExposurePresentationTextureShuttersPreconceived IdeasRediscoveryDuplication Book:Edward Weston on photography Source: Edward Weston on photography
“My quest, through the magic of light and shadow, is to isolate, to simplify and to give emphasis to form with the greatest clarity. To indicate the ideal proportion, to reveal sculptural mass and the dominating spirit is my goal.” GivingLightFormSpiritGoalMagicPhotographyMassShadowIdealsPhotographerClarityProportionQuestsEmphasisSimplifyDominatingLight And Shadow Author:Ruth Bernhard
“Photographers should make three or four prints from one negative and then crop them differently. When I was art director at Harper's Bazaar and at several agencies as a consultant, young photographers would bring me their portfolios and all the prints would be in the same standard proportions, either for the Leica or the Rolleiflex. Many times, by limiting themselves in this way, they missed the true potentialities of their photographs.” WayShouldArtWould BeYoungThreeFourDirectorsPhotographyStandardsNegativePhotographerPhotographAgencyProportionPrintCropsPortfoliosConsultantsHarperBazaarsArt DirectorLeica Author:Alexey Brodovitch