Photography can only represent the present. Once photographed, the subject becomes part of the past. – Berenice Abbott
What the human eye observes causally and incuriously, the eye of the camera notes with relentless fidelity. – Berenice Abbott

Photography can only represent the present. Once photographed, the subject becomes part of the past. – Berenice Abbott
What the human eye observes causally and incuriously, the eye of the camera notes with relentless fidelity. – Berenice Abbott
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. – Berenice Abbott
There are many teachers who could ruin you. Before you know it you could be a pale copy of this teacher or that teacher. You have to evolve on your own. – Berenice Abbott