Comments on: Bright ideas

By: Dave Benson

Dave Benson — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 06:56:39 +0000

Here are some more quotes for your collection:

Ansel Adams “The so-called rules of composition are, in my mind, invalid, irrelevant and immaterial.”

Andreas Feininger “It’s important to know the rules of composition before you break them.”

Galen Rowell “I almost never set out to photograph a landscape, nor do I think of my camera as a means of recording a mountain or an animal unless I absolutely need a ‘record shot’. My first thought is always of light”

Freeman Patterson “The camera points both ways. In expressing the subject you also express yourself…..”

W. Eugene Smith “Passion is in all great searches and is necessary to all creative endeavors.”

Yousuf Karsh “If it’s a likeness, alone, it’s not a success. If, through my portraits, you can come to know the subjects more meaningfully, if it synthesizes your feelings toward someone whose work has imprinted itself on your mind–-if you see a photograph and say, ‘Yes, this is the person,’ with a little new insight–-that is a beautiful experience.”

Imogen Cunningham “Which of my photographs is my favorite? The one I’m going to take tomorrow.”

Henri Cartier-Bresson “Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst.”

Ansel Adams “You don’t take a photograph, you make it.”

Irving Penn “A good photograph is one that communicate a fact, touches the heart, leaves the viewer a changed person for having seen it. It is, in a word, effective.”

By: Bob C

Bob C — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 08:06:11 +0000

As it turns out “my camera does takes great photos”. It was bound to happen. 😉

By: Rick Carroll

Rick Carroll — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 23:04:35 +0000

Every once in a while I get asked “What camera do I use?” Frankly I love that question and I answer it with “One that works.”

As if the camera matters?

Take Care Garry…

P.S…. I love your light bulb. Nicely done!

By: Richard Smith

Richard Smith — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 16:27:30 +0000

With regards to the remarks by Henri Cartier-Bresson stating that once the image is in the camera he`s not interested. Being the hunter he does not consider himself the cook. Well Eugene Smith would definitely have something to say about that considering the amount of time he spent in the darkroom. As well, Ansel Adams considered the negative comparable to a musical composition or score. Thus he felt the negative could be subject to many possibilities. Which brings me to another point: given that the negative is the score why haven`t the trustees of his images not considered scanning his images and releasing them for sale to the photographic public? Amen

By: Paul Reeves

Paul Reeves — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 22:16:54 +0000

Here are some to add to yours and Sandra’s.

“Photography can only represent the present. Once photographed, the subject becomes part of the past.” – Berenice Abbott

“While photographs may not lie, liars may photograph.” – Lewis Hine

“Travel becomes a strategy for accumulating photographs.” – Susan Sontag

“Actually, I’m not all that interested in the subject of photography. Once the picture is in the box, I’m not all that interested in what happens next. Hunters, after all, aren’t cooks.” – Henri Cartier-Bresson

By: Sandra

Sandra — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:02:12 +0000

Thanks for posting, here are a couple that I like from other photographers.

“Unless you photograph what you love, you’re not going to make good art.” – Sally Mann

“Travel becomes a strategy for accumulating photographs.” – Susan Sontag

“Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop.” – Ansel Adams

“I like photographs which leave something to the imagination.” – Fay Godwin

“The darkroom is just the means to an end.” – Kim Weston

“Photography helps people to see.” – Berenice Abbott