SELECTED QUOTES
“A photograph is the pause button of life” - Tyler Shields
“Photography is a love affair with life” Burk Uzzle
Don’t shoot what it looks like. Shoot what it feels like."- David Alan Harvey
“When you photograph people in color, you photograph their clothes. But when you photograph people in Black and white, you photograph their souls!” – Ted Grant
“Photography is the story I fail to put into words.” Destin Sparks
“A photograph can be an instant of life captured for eternity that will never cease looking back at you” Brigitte Bardot
“A great photograph is a full expression of what one feels about what is being photographed in the deepest sense and is thereby a true expression of what one feels about life in its entirety.” Ansel Adams
“You don't make a photograph just with a camera. You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen, the books you have read, the music you have heard, the people you have loved.” Ansel Adams
“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” Henry David Thoreau
“What's really important is to simplify. The work of most photographers would be improved immensely if they could do one thing: get rid of the extraneous. If you strive for simplicity, you are more likely to reach the viewer. ” William Albert Allard
“I tend to think of the act of photographing, generally speaking, as an adventure. My favorite thing is to go where I’ve never been.” Diane Arbus
“A great designer does not seek acceptance. He challenges popularity and by the force of his convictions renders popular in the end what the public hates at first sight” Charles James
“The best portrait photographers are those who can capture the personality of the subject.” Richard Avedon
A good portrait is a photograph that makes you feel something about the person in it.” Gregory Heisler
“The goal is not to photograph a person, but to photograph their soul.” — Arnold Newman
“Photography is more than just a picture of a person; it’s a window into their life and personality.” Diane Arbus
“A street photograph is a snapshot of life, capturing a fleeting moment in the hustle and bustle of the world.” Henri Cartier-Bresson
“In street photography, every image is a moment that can never be recreated. It’s about capturing life in its purest form.” Vivian Maier
“Street photography is not just about taking a photograph of someone. It’s about telling a story, capturing emotion, and documenting life.” Bruce Gilden
“I like to think of my street photography as a way of capturing something magical that others may not even notice.” Henri Cartier-Bresson
“Photography is the art of observation. It’s about finding something interesting in an ordinary place.” Elliott Erwitt
“There is one thing the photograph must contain, the humanity of the moment.” Robert Frank
“The best landscape photographers don’t just photograph the land, they photograph the way it makes them feel.” Joe Cornish
“To me, landscape photography is not about photographing a location, it’s about photographing the experience of being in that location.” Charlie Waite
“A great adventure is a journey into the unknown, and the camera captures the magic of that unknown.” Steve McCurry
“The journey is the reward, and photography helps immortalize it.” Gregory Colbert
“I don’t make pictures just to please people. I try to make pictures that are true to myself and that speak to my soul.” Annie Leibovitz
“Fine art photography is not about capturing the world as it is, but capturing how we see the world through our own perspective.” Edward Weston
“Photography is not about the object, it is about the way you see it.” Man Ray
“Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever… It remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything.” Aaron Siskind