Maxioms by Berenice Abbott
I took to photography like a duck to water. I never wanted to do anything else. Excitement about the subject read more
I took to photography like a duck to water. I never wanted to do anything else. Excitement about the subject is the voltage which pushes me over the mountain of drudgery necessary to produce the final photograph.
I am so fascinated with this century it will help keep me alive. I'll be there until the last minute, read more
I am so fascinated with this century it will help keep me alive. I'll be there until the last minute, fighting.
What I mean by objectivity is not the objectivity of a machine, but of a sensible human being with the read more
What I mean by objectivity is not the objectivity of a machine, but of a sensible human being with the mystery of personal selection at the heart of it. The second challenge has been to impose order onto the things seen and to supply the visual context and the intellectual framework - that to me is the art of photography.
The camera is no more an instrument of preservation; the image is...
The camera is no more an instrument of preservation; the image is...
Photography can only represent the present. Once photographed, the subject becomes part of the past.
Photography can only represent the present. Once photographed, the subject becomes part of the past.
