“To chart a course, one must have a direction. In reality, the eye is no better than the philosophy behind it. The photographer creates, evolves a better, more selective, more acute eye by looking ever more sharply at what is going on in the world. Like every other means of expression, photography, if it is to be utterly honest and direct, should be related to the life of the times-the pulse of today. The photograph may be presented as finely and artistically as you will, but to merit serious consideration, must be directly connected with the world we live in.” IfsWorldShouldMayMeanPhilosophyRealityEyeTodayCoursesBehindsHonestSeriousExpressionPhotographyDirectPhotographerPhotographConnectedEvolveMeritRelatedConsiderationPulseSelective Author:Berenice Abbott
“I'm not very eloquent about things like this, but I think that writing and photography go together. I don't mean that they are related arts, because they're not. But the person doing it, I think, learns from both things about accuracy of the eye, about observation, and about sympathy toward what is in front of you... It's about honesty, or truth telling, and a way to find it in yourself, how to need it and learn from it.” ThinkingWayNeedsWritingMeanPersonsArtEyeTogetherFrontsHonestyPhotographyArt IsObservationRelatedTelling The TruthAccuracyEloquent Author:Eudora Welty
“I had a growing feeling that most of the best art of the world in painting and sculpture had been done, and that this newest form [photography] was more related to the progress and tempo of modern science of the eye.” WorldArtDoneFeelingsEyeFormGrowingProgressModernPaintingPhotographyRelatedSculptureTempoModern ScienceBest Art Book:Paul Outerbridge, Jr: photographs Source: Paul Outerbridge, Jr: photographs
“[Photography is] very related to poetry. It's suggestive and fragmentary and unsatisfying in a lot of ways. It's as much about what you leave out as what you put in.” WayPhotographyRelated Author:Alec Soth
“i'm beginning to feel like this. caught the incredible sunshine just in the nick of time today on my walk. the wall of rain approaching from the west desert was pretty spectacular, too. along with being gorgeous, it was sooo muddy. which made driving home in no shoes so very fun :) if only i could post photos here! a picture is worth a thousand words, yes? If a day goes by without my doing something related to photography, it's as though I've neglected something essential to my existence, as though I had forgotten to wake up.” IfsFeelsMadeHomeTodayFunWalksExistenceWallThousandEssentialsPhotographyRainWake UpWestIncrediblesShoesForgottenCaughtDrivingPostsDesertRelatedSunshineGorgeousSpectacularNeglectedMuddyDriving HomePicture Is Worth A Thousand Words Author:Richard Avedon
“I loved photography and everybody said it was a crazy thing to do because in those days nobody made it into the film business. I mean, unless you were related to somebody there was no way in.” WayMeanMadeSaidFilmCrazyPhotographyMade ItThings To DoRelatedCrazy Things Author:George Lucas
“If a day goes by without my doing something related to photography, it's as though I've neglected something essential to my existence, as though I had forgotten to wake up.” IfsExistenceEssentialsPhotographyWake UpPhotographerForgottenRelatedNeglected Author:Robert Mapplethorpe