They say a picture is worth a thousand words. But I wonder, what else do “they” say? In order to find out I’ve culled together the best quotes on the subject of photography. I hope they inspire you.
“Photography is the story I fail to put into words.”
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“When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.”
Ansel Adams
Photograph by Jennifer Trovato
“In photography there is a reality so subtle that it becomes more real than reality.”
— Alfred Stieglitz
“There is one thing the photograph must contain, the humanity of the moment.”
— Robert Frank
“Taking an image, freezing a moment, reveals how rich reality truly is.”
— Anonymous
“Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever… It remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything.”
— Aaron Siskind
“We are making photographs to understand what our lives mean to us.”
— Ralph Hattersley
“A thing that you see in my pictures is that I was not afraid to fall in love with these people.”
Annie Leibovitz
