Photography Quotes — Page 35

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Photographer

“I've always thought photography was an art form, but it had very low appreciation in the beginning, except for some Europeans, and of course Stieglitz. Stieglitz always considered photography to be an art form and is the "father" of the creative concepts of the twentieth century.”

Art Photography Appreciation

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Ansel Adams

Photographer

“In a strict sense photography can never be abstract, for the camera is incapable of synthetic integration.”

Photography Cameras Abstract

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Ansel Adams

Photographer

“I do not think there is any question of photography being an art form!”

Thinking Art

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Walker Evans

Photographer

“Do we know what we look like? Not really.”

Self Looks

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Arlo Guthrie

Singer-Songwriter

“I don't write as many songs as I used to. But, I find myself writing for social media more - times have changed. And I love photography, so a lot of my creative energy gets caught up that way.”

Writing Song Photography

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Arthur Schopenhauer

Philosopher

“That the outer man is a picture of the inner, and the face an expression and revelation of the whole character, is a presumption likely enough in itself, and therefore a safe one to go on; borne out as it is by the fact that people are always anxious to see anyone who has made himself famous. Photography offers the most complete satisfaction of our curiosity.”

Men Character Photography

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Walker Evans

Photographer

“When you say documentary, you have to have a sophisticated ear to receive that word. It should be documentary style, because documentary is police photography of a scene and a murder ... that's a real document. You see, art is really useless, and a document has use. And therefore, art is never a document, but it can adopt that style. I do it. I'm called a documentary photographer. But that presupposes a quite subtle knowledge of this distinction.”

Art Real Photography

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Walker Evans

Photographer

“Detachment, lack of sentimentality, originality, a lot of things that sound rather empty. I know what they mean. Let's say, "visual impact" may not mean much to anybody. I could point it out though. I mean it's a quality that something has or does not have. Coherence. Well, some things are weak, some things are strong.”

Mean Strong Photography

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Walker Evans

Photographer

“Privilege, if you're very strict, is an immoral and unjust thing to have, but if you've got it you didn't choose to get it and you might as well use it. You're privileged to be at Yale, but you know you're under an obligation to repay what's been put into you.”

Use Photography Yale

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Walker Evans

Photographer

“... nature photographs downright bore me for some reason or other. I think: 'Oh, yes. Look at that sand dune. What of it?'”

Thinking Looks Photography

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Walker Evans

Photographer

“I'm sometimes called a 'documentary photographer' but... a man operating under that definition could take a sly pleasure in the disguise. Very often I'm doing one thing when I'm thought to be doing another.”

Men Photography Definitions

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Walker Evans

Photographer

“Color tends to corrupt photography and absolute color corrupts it absolutely. Consider the way color film usually renders blue sky, green foliage, lipstick red, and the kiddies' playsuit. These are four simple words which must be whispered: color photography is vulgar.”

Simple Photography Blue

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