“To me it is no mystery that we can only photograph effectively what we are truly interested in or-maybe more importantly-are grappling with. Often unconsciously. Otherwise the photographs are merely about an idea or a concept-that stuff eventually falls flat for me-there must be something more, some emotional hook for it to really work for me.” IdeasFallStuffInterestConsciousnessMysteryEmotionalPhotographyConsciousConceptsPhotographFlatsHookEffectivenessGrapplingFlatness Author:Todd Hido
“I did all the stuff that people do - film, performance, photography, pictures and words, words and pictures. In retrospect, I was trying to find some way to put things - meaning images and forms - together that highlighted some idea of what was underneath the surface of an image, what determined how something was seen.” PeopleWayTryingIdeasTogetherFilmFormStuffPhotographyPerformancesDeterminedSurfaceRetrospectPictures And Words Author:David Salle
“I really try to divorce myself from any thought of possible use of this stuff. That's part of the discipline. My only purpose while I'm working is to try to make interesting photographs, and what to do with them is another act - an alter consideration. Certainly while I'm working, I want them to be as useless as possible.” WantTryingUsePurposeStuffInterestingDisciplinePhotographyPhotographerPhotographDivorceUselessConsideration Author:Garry Winogrand
“There are a lot of people who think celebrities shouldn't complain, that the photography is just a price to pay for having this career. I guess that's bizarre. What they don't understand is that this is all stuff that's really new.” PeopleThinkingStuffPayCareersPhotographyComplainingBizarre Author:Megan Fox
“I was lucky enough to go to college for four years. At what was supposedly a hippie school with no tests and no grades, blah blah blah, I wasn't learning that. I was taking photography classes. That stuff just wasn't talked about. It was like, "Does this picture have the right about of grey in it?" It wasn't even an art school. It was a state-run school.” YearsDoeArtStatesEnoughRunningSchoolStuffClassFourCollegeLuckyPhotographyTestsGradesFour YearsGreyHippieArt SchoolBlah Author:Kathleen Hanna
“Magazines that depend on photography, and design, and long reads, and quality stuff, are going to do just fine despite the Internet and cable news.” LongStuffQualityDesignFineDependsInternetPhotographyNewsDespiteMagazinesCablesCable News Author:Jann Wenner
“I love all of these new products that are coming out, things like headphones with cute, catchy names. There is also so much going on with the marketing of fashion. And then, I still love the classic stuff, like great dresses and wonderful photography.” StillsNamesStuffWonderfulFashionProductsPhotographyDressesMarketingCuteClassicComing OutCatchyNew ProductsHeadphones Author:Stephanie Seymour
“Photography's about the surface, what's happening at the top of the sea. Literature's about all the stuff below.” LiteratureStuffSeaPhotographyHappeningsSurface Author:Max Pam
“Photography is an individual passion of mine. I don't get paid to do it, although people offer me money. I do it because I love it, and if there's no money attached, I don't have to do anything. It's my weekend away, my vacation, whether it's an hour or five hours or editing photos on my laptop in the middle of the night. It gives me relief from all the other stuff.” PeopleIfsGivingNightPassionIndividualStuffHoursFiveMiddleMinesOffersPhotographyGive MePaidReliefWeekendVacationEditingNo MoneyMiddle Of The NightLaptops Author:Nikki Sixx
“Digital photography and Photoshop have made it very easy for people to take pictures. It's a medium that allows a lot of mediocre stuff to get through.” PeopleMadeEasyStuffPhotographyMediumsMade ItDigitalMediocrePhotoshopDigital Photography Author:Edward Burtynsky
“When I was younger I used to be really into photography, and I still am, I just don't really get to do it besides taking my own artists photos and stuff like that.” StillsUsedArtistStuffMy OwnPhotographyUsed To Be Author:Melanie Martinez
“What moves me about...what's called technique...is that it comes from some mysterious deep place. I mean it can have something to do with the paper and the developer and all that stuff, but it comes mostly from some very deep choices somebody has made that take a long time and keep haunting them.” MeanLongMadeMovingChoicesStuffPaperPhotographyLong TimePhotographerTechniqueMysteriousHauntingVery DeepDevelopers Author:Diane Arbus
“It's really a great asset to be willing to fail and blow it, so to speak, and to be okay with just making stuff, sharing it and getting feedback.” SpeakStuffFailingWillingPhotographyOkayBlowAssetsFeedback Author:Chase Jarvis