Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art. – Ambrose Bierce
When you photograph people in colour you photograph their clothes. But when you photograph people in B&W, you photograph their souls! – Ted Grant
While there is perhaps a province in which the photograph can tell us nothing more than what we see with our own eyes, there is another in which it proves to us how little our eyes permit us to see. – Dorothea Lange
Often while traveling with a camera we arrive just as the sun slips over the horizon of a moment, too late to expose film, only time enough to expose our hearts. – Minor White
A photograph is usually looked at — seldom looked into. – Ansel Adams
There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer. – Ansel Adams
The world just does not fit conveniently into the format of a 35mm camera. – W. Eugene Smith
Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships. – Ansel Adams
I think a photography class should be a requirement in all educational programs because it makes you see the world rather than just look at it. – Author Unknown
The camera can photograph thought. – Dirk Bogarde
There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs. – Ansel Adams
No photographer is as good as the simplest camera. – Edward Steichen
When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence. – Ansel Adams
My portraits are more about me than they are about the people I photograph. – Richard Avedon
I hate cameras. They are so much more sure than I am about everything. – John Steinbeck
The goal is not to change your subjects, but for the subject to change the photographer. – Author Unknown
All photos are accurate. None of them is the truth. – Richard Avedon
The camera cannot lie, but it can be an accessory to untruth. – Harold Evans, “Pictures on a Page”
Most things in life are moments of pleasure and a lifetime of embarrassment; photography is a moment of embarrassment and a lifetime of pleasure. – Tony Benn
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
