Value of photographs Quotes

“Photographing a culture in the here and now often means photographing the intersection of the present with the past.”

“A representational photograph says, 'This is what Vienna looked like.' An interpretational photograph goes one better and says, 'This is what Vienna was like. This is how I felt about it.”

“Adequate photographers use their sight, good photographers use their senses, and great photographers use their souls.”

“Whenever we look at a photograph, the memories in the photograph become our memories as well!”

“There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.”

“Seeing God is all about getting in touch with reality. If you want to photograph God, focus your lens on Hamakom, The Place, anyplace where you see divine light illuminating reality. Let your camera collect the light reflecting from the reality shaping your everyday life and you will find yourself photographing God in action." (From the Introduction to the book Photograph God)”

“…this is the problem with photographs. After a while, you can’t remember if you’re recalling the actual memory or the memory of the photograph. Or perhaps the photograph is the only reason you remember that moment. (p.85)”

“The act of looking appraisingly at a man, studying his body and asking to photograph him, is a brazen venture for a woman; for a male photographer, these acts are commonplace, even expected.”

“Photographers are the history makers, because every picture is a moment which gone fore ever and can not be re shoot.”― Biju Karakkonam Nature and Wild life Photographer”

“A photograph can communicate a couple things— and sometimes only one thing—very well. The more you try to say with your photograph, the greater the chance that you will say nothing at all.”