tom h. Posted June 11, 2003 Share Posted June 11, 2003 Weston, I believe. Ansel would never have been so self- deprecating. Tom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark_sampson Posted June 11, 2003 Share Posted June 11, 2003 The photographer was Brett Weston, not Edward; the quote was "If it's more than fifty yards from the car, it's not photogenic". From the days when Brett used an 11x14" view camera.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sal dimarco Posted June 11, 2003 Share Posted June 11, 2003 Never boss people around. It's more important to click with people than to click the shutter. -Alfred Eisenstaedt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hans_s_derstr_m Posted June 11, 2003 Share Posted June 11, 2003 Here's one by painter and photagrapher David Hockney . Beware though, the quote is from memory, so I'm not 100% sure on the exact words: "There is nothing wrong vith photography, if you don't mind the perspective of a paralysed cyklop." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee_shively Posted June 11, 2003 Share Posted June 11, 2003 Elliott Erwitt (on being asked what he was thinking about when he took pictures): "Lunch." "I take photographs to see what things look like photographed." (Or something along those lines.)--Garry Winogrand. (I've always read it was Edward Weston who made the comment about subjects not being photogenic if they were more than 100 ft/yds/whatever from the car. Whatever. Someone apparently said it.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kim_critchfield Posted June 11, 2003 Share Posted June 11, 2003 "A portrait is not made in the camera but on either side of it." Steichen (I think) Kim Critchfield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irvingthalburg Posted June 11, 2003 Share Posted June 11, 2003 "If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn't need to lug a camera." -Lewis Hine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spearhead Posted June 11, 2003 Share Posted June 11, 2003 I like this one, from Clarence John Laughlin: "It should be possible for even the photographer - just as for the creative poet of painter - to use the object as a stepping stone to a realm of meaning completely beyond itself." Music and Portraits Blog: Life in Portugal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexis_nuttin Posted June 26, 2003 Share Posted June 26, 2003 "I dislike landscapes. I only like people, and plastic flowers" Eliott Erwitt (I'm telling this one each time a friend of mine suggests me to take a boring landscape in picture) alexis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christy_church Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 A still photograph is simply an isolated frame taken out of the infinite cinema.<blockquote>—Hollis Frampton via <a href="http://www.caterina.net/archive/000418.html">Caterina</a></blockquote> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
preston_merchant Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 No one makes less sense than famous photographers. It's a good thing they have chosen a visual medium, as words are not their strong suit. Has anyone ever seen a collection of quotes full of as much useless pomposity as these? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiva_kumar Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 Some of my favorites ( but not the most favorite ) quotes are...<br><br> "I realize that you could shoot photographs until the cows came home but they have nothing to do with real humanity, real memories, real feelings." Don McCullin<br><br> "It's not important that I record every tragedy that goes on in the world. But I decided to try a couple of shots. And then I did something despicable. I wound my car windown down and took photographs from inside. Then I hated myself for not having the decency and courage to atleast get out and do something." Don McCullin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hákon Posted December 26, 2003 Share Posted December 26, 2003 I am also collecting quotes about photography and have made a website at www.PhotoQuotes.com with ca. 650 of them. Hakon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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