Great quotes on beautiful photography

From glass plates to digital pixels, photography has undergone a massive transformation. Endless hours in the darkroom have evolved into equally endless hours in front of the computer. Through all of the change, a few constants remain.

Personal vision is imperative to great photography. The interaction of spirit between photographer and subject is one of life’s great moments, a moment based on personal value, vision, and awareness. Presented here are words by great photographers sharing their work philosophies and the inspiration brought into their lives by photography.

1 - “Photography records the gamut of feelings written on the human face, the beauty of the earth and skies that man has inherited, and the wealth and confusion man has created. It is a major force in explaining man to man.” - Edward Steichen

2 - “The creative act lasts but a brief moment, a lightning instant of give-and-take, just long enough for you to level the camera and to trap the fleeting prey in your little box.” - Henri Cartier Bresson

3 - “Photography to the amateur is recreation, to the professional it is work, and hard work too, no matter how pleasurable it may be.” - Edward Weston

4 - “I take photographs with love, so I try to make them art objects. But I make them for myself first and foremost - that is important.” Jacques-Henri Lartigue

5 - “Your photography is a record of your living, for anyone who really sees.” - Paul Strand

6 - “A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed.” - Ansel Adams

7 - “where there is perhaps a province in which the photograph can tlel us nothing more than what we see with our own eyes, there is another in which it proves to us how little our eyes permit us to see.” - Dorthea Lange

8 - “Whether he is an artist or not, the photographer is a joyous sensualist, for the simple reason that the eye traffics in feelings, not in thoughts.” - Walker Evans

9 - “I’m always mentally photographing everything as practice.” - Minor White

10 - “Look and think before opening the shutter. The heart and mind are the true lens of the camera.” - Yousuf Karsh