Self-conscious artiness is fatal, but it certainly would not hurt to study composition in general. Having a basic understanding of composition would help construct a better organized image. – Berenice Abbott, Professional photographer’s survival guide by Charles E. Rotkin, ISBN: 0817454098, Page: 242
“I took to photography like a duck to water. I never wanted to do anything else. Excitement about the subject is the voltage which pushes me over the mountain of drudgery necessary to produce the final photograph.” – Berenice Abbott
“The more you do, the more you realize there is to do, what a vast object the metropolis is, and how the work of photographing could go on forever.” – Berenice Abbott
“What the human eye observes causally and incuriously, the eye of the camera notes with relentless fidelity.” – Berenice Abbott
Photography can only represent the present. Once photographed, the subject becomes part of the past. -Berenice Abbott
“Photography helps people to see.” – Berenice Abbott
“Photography can never grow up if it imitates some other medium. It has to walk alone; it has to be itself.” – Berenice Abbott Samsung Galaxy I9000, Urbian plugin
“Let us first say what photography is not. A photograph is not a painting, a poem, a symphony, a dance. It is not just a pretty picture, not an exercise in contortionist techniques and sheer print quality. It is or should be a significant document, a penetrating statement, which can be described in a very…
“There are many teachers who could ruin you. Before you know it you could be a pale copy of this teacher or that teacher. You have to evolve on your own.” – Berenice Abbott
The photographer is the contemporary being par excellence; through his eyes the now becomes the past. – Berenice Abbott In the subway – 50mm Lensbaby Composer, f/2.0