#photographer

A journalist is supposed to present an unbiased portrait of an event, a view devoid of intimate emotions. This is impossible, of course. The framing of an image, by its very composition, represents a choice. The photographer chooses what to show and what to exclude. ↗

— Alexandra Kerry

#chooses #composition #course #devoid #emotions

The single most important component of a camera is the twelve inches behind it! ↗

— Ansel Adams

#photography #photography

People spot a big black lens, and they worry about what they're doing, or how their hair looks. Nobody see the person holding the camera. ↗

— Erica O'Rourke

#camera #invisible #photo #photographer #photography

It takes a lot of imagination to be a good photographer. You need less imagination to be a painter because you can invent things. But in photography everything is so ordinary; it takes a lot of looking before you learn to see the extraordinary. ↗

— David Bailey

#before #everything #extraordinary #good #imagination

I dream that someday the step between my mind and my finger will no longer be needed. And that simply by blinking my eyes, I shall make pictures. Then, I think, I shall really have become a photographer. ↗

— Alfred Eisenstaedt

#between #dream #eyes #finger #i

When people ask how have I kept on top, I have to say with the help of every photographer, make-up artist and hairdresser I've ever worked with. ↗

— Linda Evangelista

#ask #ever #every #hairdresser #help

Anybody can be a great photographer if they zoom in enough on what they love. ↗

— David Bailey

#enough #great #love #photographer

I never set out to be a photographer. ↗

— David Bailey

#never #out #photographer #set

The reason I did fashion was it was the only way to get paid to do anything creative. You couldn't support yourself as an 'artist' - I hate that word. The only way you could be 'arty' was as a fashion photographer, because it still had a certain amount of integrity involved. ↗

— David Bailey

#anything #artist #arty #because #certain

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

— Ansel Adams

#every #people #photographer #picture #two