My 10 Favourite Photography Quotes
Quotes are short sentences filled with power to motivate us to create. This is what I think they are; mostly about inspiration and motivation. Let’s get into it.
- “Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst.”
– Henri Cartier-Bresson
This is not to discourage you but to teach you that, you create better you ought to be consistent.
- “Photography is the story I fail to put into words.”
– Destin Sparks
This is one of the favourite quotes photographers use, especially fine art photographers. They cannot write poetry so their photos do the storytelling.
- “When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.”
– Ansel Adams - “There is one thing the photo must contain — the humanity of the moment.”
– Robert Frank - “Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever… It remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything.”
– Aaron Siskind - “A photograph is the evidence of proof.” — Clement Eastwood
- “Photography is the art of making memories tangible.”
– Destin Sparks - “If you are out there shooting, things will happen for you. If you’re not out there, you’ll only hear about it.”
– Jay Maisel - “ If you can’t feel what you’re looking at, then you’re never going to get others to feel anything when they look at your pictures.”
– Don McCullin - “It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera… they are made with the eye, heart, and head.”
- Henri Cartier-Bresson
The last quote should make you think. Before we make photos (especially in the fine art industry) it begins from somewhere and that place is the heart. The creation process never starts with the camera. It starts with you as a person.
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