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Blessed be the inventor of photography! It has given more positive pleasure to poor suffering humanity than anything else that read more
Blessed be the inventor of photography! It has given more positive pleasure to poor suffering humanity than anything else that has "cast up" in my time -- this art by which even the "poor" can possess themselves of tolerable of their absent dear ones.
There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.
There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.
Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever... it read more
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.
I love the medium of photography, for with its unique realism it gives me the power to go beyond conventional read more
I love the medium of photography, for with its unique realism it gives me the power to go beyond conventional ways of seeing and understanding and say, "This is real, too."
Photography records the gamut of feelings written on the human face, the beauty of the earth and skies that man read more
Photography records the gamut of feelings written on the human face, the beauty of the earth and skies that man has inherited and the wealth and confusion man has created.
Unlike any other visual image, a photograph is not a rendering, an imitation or an interpretation of its subject, but read more
Unlike any other visual image, a photograph is not a rendering, an imitation or an interpretation of its subject, but actually a trace of it. No painting or drawing, however naturalist, belongs to its subject in the way that a photograph does.
In my mind's eye, I visualize how a particular . . . sight and feeling will appear on a print. read more
In my mind's eye, I visualize how a particular . . . sight and feeling will appear on a print. If it excites me, there is a good chance it will make a good photograph. It is an intuitive sense, an ability that comes from a lot of practice.
The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.
The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.
