#photo

Does not the very word 'creative' mean to build, to initiate, to give out, to act - rather than to be acted upon, to be subjective? Living photography is positive in its approach, it sings a song of life - not death. ↗

— Berenice Abbott

#acted #approach #build #creative #death

Photography can never grow up if it imitates some other medium. It has to walk alone; it has to be itself. ↗

— Berenice Abbott

#grow #grow up #imitates #itself #medium

There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer. ↗

— Ansel Adams

#every #people #photographer #picture #two

You don't take a photograph, you make it. ↗

— Ansel Adams

#make #photograph #take #you

Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art. ↗

— Ansel Adams

#art #creative #creative art #factual #ideas

A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words. ↗

— Ansel Adams

#explained #need #nor #photograph #true

Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs. ↗

— Ansel Adams

#believe #everybody #paintings #people #photographs

It is my intention to present - through the medium of photography - intuitive observations of the natural world which may have meaning to the spectators. ↗

— Ansel Adams

#intuitive #may #meaning #medium #natural

A photograph is usually looked at - seldom looked into. ↗

— Ansel Adams

#looked #photograph #seldom #usually

Regarding the creative: never assume you're the master, only the student. Your audience will determine if you're masterful. ↗

— Don Roff

#assume #audience #creative #creative-process #drawing