Maxioms by Berenice Abbott
Does not the very word 'creative' mean to build, to initiate, to give out, to act - rather than to read more
Does not the very word 'creative' mean to build, to initiate, to give out, to act - rather than to be acted upon, to be subjective? Living photography is positive in its approach, it sings a song of life - not death.
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.
Photography can never grow up if it imitates some other medium. It has to walk alone; it has to be read more
Photography can never grow up if it imitates some other medium. It has to walk alone; it has to be itself.
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.
The camera is no more an instrument of preservation; the image is...
The camera is no more an instrument of preservation; the image is...
