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"There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportions." Sir Francis Bacon Oct 18 05 10:54 pm Link "The problem for an amateur is that he/she has no reason to take a photograph." -Terence Donovan "I hate cameras. They are so much more sure than I am about everything." -John Steinbeck "Finding the right subject is the hardest part." -Mary Ellen Mark "A mad, keen photographer needs to get out into the world and work and make mistakes." -Sam Abell "My idea of a good picture is one that's in focus and of a famous person." -Andy Warhol "People are under the illusion that it's easy...Technically, it is complex. You have a million options with equipment to distract you. I tell my students to simplify their equipment." -Brett Weston "Anything more than 500 yds from the car just isn't photogenic." -Brett Weston, Attributed to Brett Weston referring to working with a 10 x 8 view camera. In an interview with David Graham in July 1989 View Camera magazine (lol) Oct 28 05 10:14 am Link When asked how he felt about missing photographs while he reloaded his camera with film, he replied "There are no photographs while I'm reloading" -Garry Winogrand Oct 28 05 10:35 am Link "After following the crowd for a while, I'd then go 180 degrees in the exact opposite direction. It always worked for me, but then again, I'm very lucky." -Elliott Erwitt, on getting a different picture. "The advice I would give to any photographer - young, old or in-between - is to explore anything visual because this is, after all, how you express your artistry. Look at paintings, movies, drawings, sculptures - look at anything visual and try to integrate that into your visual sense. After that, go out and take pictures and keep on taking pictures!" -Elliott Erwitt, On the Question: "What advice would you give to a young photographer starting out today?" Interview with Erwitt at http://www.milkphoto.com/elliott_converse.shtm Dec 07 05 11:05 am Link "A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament. Its beauty comes from the fact that the author is what he is. It has nothing to do with the fact that other people want what they want. Indeed, the moment that an artist takes notice of what other people want, and tries to supply the demand, he ceases to be an artist, and becomes a dull or an amusing craftsman, an honest or dishonest tradesman. He has no further claim to be considered as an artist." - Oscar Wilde Dec 07 05 11:46 am Link You have to work so go to bed. Dec 12 05 12:52 am Link "Leica, schmeica. The camera doesn't make a bit of difference. All of them can record what you are seeing. But, you have to SEE." -Ernst Haas Dec 13 05 01:57 pm Link I have a lot of spirituality tighed in to my photography so yeah, these might seem weird. "I can't see the picture until I close my eyes" "Its not about what you see, but about what you don't see, hidden in the shadows and darkness. There inlies what makes my art." "A picture just sees what the eyes can see. A photograph can peirce all the way to the subjects soul" "Mistakes and imperfections are what make good photographs good" think that one though and though. You will evintually understand that one. Dec 13 05 02:09 pm Link Oh, one more, he he "Jesus used adobe, why shouldn't I?" I am so going to hell for that one, lol Dec 13 05 02:11 pm Link "There are only two problems in photography. One is how to conquer light. The other is how to capture a moment of reality just as you release the shutter. By reality, I mean provoking an emotional response in your subject. Making him spark to life. Every man must learn to work out those two problems for himself." ---Edward Steichen "There is only you and your camera - the limitations of your photography are in yourself, for what we see is only what we are." ---Ernst Haas "Photography is, to me, more than a means of expression, more than a particular profession - it is a way of life. And if I were asked to choose one word which holds the key to my work I would select 'light' - for light is my language, and it is international, readily understood by any person..." --Yousuf Karsh Dec 14 05 06:05 pm Link "Passion is the genesis of genius." âAnthony Robbins Dec 14 05 06:09 pm Link "Here's your check" Dec 14 05 06:16 pm Link MikeyBoy wrote: > Dec 14 05 06:22 pm Link The Flux Capacitor... it's what makes time travel possible. -Dr. Emmitt Brown Dec 14 05 06:50 pm Link "god gave us imperfection.... a week later we made adobe" Dec 14 05 07:11 pm Link " Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning how to dance in the rain." Dec 14 05 07:18 pm Link Harrison Sweazea wrote: LOL!!! Dec 14 05 07:23 pm Link "there will never be enough breath in me to thank god for this simple tiny life of mine." me, age 17 Dec 14 05 07:33 pm Link "piss off, no one cares" Greg Rice Dec 14 05 08:56 pm Link "I'll pay you" Dec 14 05 08:59 pm Link "there are no accidents in photography, just f*&^ers who don't know what they are doing" over heard at glamourcon. Dec 14 05 09:22 pm Link ravens laughter wrote: HAHA thats fuckn great thanks larry Dec 14 05 09:37 pm Link from photography in malaysia/nikon: Why do most great pictures look so uncontrived ? Why do photographers bother with deception, especially since too often requires the hardest work of all? The answer is, that the deception is necessary if the goal of art is to be reached. Only pictures that look as if they have been easily made can convincingly suggest that BEAUTY is commonplace... http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/entry.htm Dec 14 05 09:49 pm Link |
