The Spider’s stratagem
“The best zoom lens is your legs.” – Ernst Haas
quotes – citate
“The best zoom lens is your legs.” – Ernst Haas
“A good photograph is knowing where to stand.” – Ansel Adams
„My own eyes are no more than scouts on a preliminary search, for the camera’s eye may entirely change my idea.” – Edward Weston
Sulina, Danube Delta, oct. 2012 “If I knew what the picture was going to be like I wouldn’t make it. It was almost like it was made already… the challenge is more about trying to make what you can’t think of.” – Cindy Sherman
“You know, the Chinese don’t like to be photographed because they believe that a part of their life is being taken away by the photographer. And in a way, they’re right. The photographer is trying to get the prettiest moment of a life in his camera.” – Bert Stern
“A personal style is the translation of your vision into an actual work of art, into a photograph in this instance. It is the translation of your ideas into something that others can see, something that you can share with your audience, something that represents the closest rendition of your vision that you are capable…
“Everyone must face the problems of humanity. My way of facing these issues is through photography. It is important because it can show, without needing words, everything that is wrong and [that] can be improved.” Gordon Parks
“It never ceases to amaze me when ordinary people get into the spirit of what I’m doing. It’s pivotal to my art.” – Spencer Tunick
„One of the great joys of my career has been to see and speak to people I don’t know. Very often these simple people are the sweetest souls and generate an atmosphere of poetry by themselves… I have often take photos of people just standing still, people willing to be taken who stare into the…
„There are days when simply seeing feels like happiness itself. You feel so rich, the elation seems almost excessive and you want to share it.” – Robert Doisneau