“I think I’ve said this before many times—that photography allows you to learn to look and see. You begin to see things you had never paid any attention to. And as you photograph, one of the benefits is that the world becomes a much richer, juicier, visual place. Sometimes it is almost unbearable — it is too interesting. And it isn’t always just the photos you take that matters. It is looking at the world and seeing things that you never photograph that could be photographs if you had the energy to keep taking pictures every second of your life.” IfsThinkingWorldLooksSaidSometimesMatterEnergyInterestingAttentionSeeingBenefitsPhotographyPaidPhotographVisualsUnbearableEvery SecondTaking Pictures Author:Saul Leiter
“My taking pictures means I'm taking a series of pictures which become an essay and then get extended into a book. That's what's exciting, to take an idea and work it through to completion.” MeanBookIdeasPhotographyExcitingSeriesWorking ItEssaysCompletionTaking Pictures Author:George A Tice
“Yes, photography saved my life. Every time I go through something scary, traumatic, I survive by taking pictures.” PhotographyScarySavedTaking Pictures Author:Nan Goldin
“There is not a big difference between life and taking pictures... You're in the middle of life, you're living, making love, eating, sleeping - and photography is part of it. And I don't say this because I'm being romantic. I say this because that's just the way it happens to be.” WayBigsHappensDifferencesSleepMiddleEatingPhotographyMaking LoveTaking Pictures Author:Anders Petersen
“Taking pictures is like tiptoeing into the kitchen late at night and stealing Oreo cookies.” InspirationalNightLatePhotographyPhotographerPhotographStealingKitchenCookiesPhotography By PhotographersTaking PicturesInspirational PhotographyArt PhotographyOreos Author:Diane Arbus
“Taking pictures is savoring life intensely, every hundredth of a second.” LifeInspirationalEnjoyPhotographyPhotographerPhotographSecondsEnjoy LifeRelishPhotography By PhotographersTaking PicturesInspirational PhotographyPhoto ShootsSavoringInspiring PhotographySavourPhotojournalismPhotojournalistsPhotography And Light Author:Marc Riboud
“The whole point of taking pictures is so that you don't have to explain things with words.” InspirationalWholeWise WordsPhotographyCamerasPhotographerPhotographCaptureExplainingCapturedPhotography By PhotographersTaking PicturesInspirational PhotographyGreat PhotographyAnalogCameramanStreet PhotographyBlack And White Photography Author:Elliott Erwitt
“My first priority when taking pictures is to achieve clarity. A good documentary photograph transmits the information of the situation with the utmost fidelity; achieving it means understanding the nuances of lighting and composition, and also remembering to keep the lenses clean and the cameras steady.” FirstsMeanRememberUnderstandingSituationAchieveInformationPhotographyCamerasCleanPhotographerPhotographPrioritiesClaritySteadyCompositionDocumentariesLensesFidelityLightingNuanceTransmitTaking Pictures Author:Sam Abell
“And that desire-the strong desire to take pictures-is important. It borders on a need, based on a habit: the habit of seeing. Whether working or not, photographers are looking, seeing, and thinking about what they see, a habit that is both a pleasure and a problem, for we seldom capture in a single photograph the full expression of what we see and feel. It is the hope that we might express ourselves fully-and the evidence that other photographers have done so-that keep us taking pictures.” ThinkingNeedsFeelsImportantDoneProblemMightDesireStrongPleasureSeeingExpressionHabitPhotographyEvidencePhotographerPhotographBordersCaptureTaking PicturesStrong Desire Author:Sam Abell
“It seems positively unnatural to travel without taking a camera along... The very activity of taking pictures is soothing and assuages general feelings of disorientation that are likely to be exacerbated by travel.” FeelingsSeemsActivityPhotographyCamerasPositivelyUnnaturalSoothingTaking PicturesDisorientation Book:On photography Source: On photography
“When the novice photographer starts taking pictures, he carries his camera about and shoots everything that interests him. There comes a time when he must crystallize his ideas and set off in an particular direction. He must learn that shooting for the sake of shooting is dull and unprofitable.” IdeasInterestParticularPhotographyCamerasPhotographerSakeShootingDullCarrieThere Comes A TimeTaking PicturesNovices Author:Alexey Brodovitch