This post contains inspirational photography quotes. We have collected the top 140 photography quotes from the most famous photographers, filmmakers and authors. These quotes will inspire and keep you motivated, even when you feel stressed or disoriented at work. These quotes are from people who have experienced similar struggles in their lives. These inspirational photography quotes are also timeless.
Take a look …….
1. Edward Weston: “The camera can see more than the eyes, so why not use it?”
2. “Auto Tone does not get it right every day. I think it must be using some sort of voodoo.” David duChemin
3. Ansel Adams: “There are no rules to good photography, there are only good photos.”
4. Steven Pinker: “The art and science of photography is about directing the viewer’s attention.”
5. Robert Capa: “If your photos are not good enough, then you’re not close enough.”
6. Susan Sontag: “The painter creates, the photographer reveals.”
7. Edward Weston: “To consult the rules for composition before making a photograph is a little like consulting law of gravitation prior to going for a walk.”
8. Henri Cartier Brisson: “Photography is an immediate response, drawing is meditation.”
9. Edward Weston: “To consult the rules for composition before making a photograph is little like consulting law of gravitation prior to going for a walk.”
10. Henri Cartier-Bresson: “To photograph is to place on the same line the eye, the head and the heart.”
11. “It is amazing how photography can capture just one second of something beautiful.” – Kiera Cassis
12. Henri Cartier-Bresson: “Your first 10,000 photos are your worst.”
13. Henri Cartier-Bresson: “Sharpness, a bourgeois concept.”
14. “Don’t take pictures of what it looks like.” “Shoot what it feels like.” David Alan Harvey
15. You can stare at a photo for a week without thinking about it again. A picture can be viewed for one second, and you can think about it your whole life.” – Joan Miro
16. “What the Photograph reproduces to infinite has only happened once: The Photograph mechanically repeats that which could never existentially.” Roland Barthes
17. Steve McCurry: “My life is shaped and influenced by the need to observe and wonder, and my camera serves as my passport.”
18. “Photography is a powerful medium for expression and communication that offers an infinite variety in perception, interpretation, and execution.” – Ansel Adam
19. “The digital age, the convenience and immediacy of digital video and digital photography allow people to be an integral part in the feedback loop which actively shapes what we are fed.” – Damian Loeb
20. Karl Lagerfeld: “What I love about photos is that they capture an instant that’s gone forever, impossible reproduce.”
21. Sally Mann: “Photographs not only open doors to the past but also give us a glimpse into the future.”
22. “I don’t trust words.” I trust pictures.” – Gilles Peress
23. Mahatma Gandhi: “I believe equality for all, except journalists and photographers.”
24. “A photographer is like the cod that produces a million eggs to reach maturity.” – George Bernard Shaw
25. Robert Heinecken: “There is a huge difference between taking pictures and making photographs.”
26. Gregory Heisler: “All your planning, intuition, technical prowess and knowledge, along with the trust and relationship you have or haven’t, will be captured in the photograph, frozen forever.”
27. “Photographs are a way to imprison reality… One can’t possess reality; one can possess images. One can’t possess present, but one can possess past.” Susan Sontag
28. “The world is changing fast. Every day brings new challenges to everything. “Photography is a gift that can hold us in a moment forever, blissfully everlasting.” – Ali Novak
29. Tim Walker
30. Paul Caponigro: “It’s one to paint a picture about what a person looks, but it’s quite another to paint a portrait of who they are.”
