Heightened Perception
Tag: viewpoint
Unclear Words
When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs.
When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.
— Ansel Adams
Get Close
If your photos aren’t good enough, then you’re not close enough.
— Robert Capa
Sketching the Moment
For me, the camera is a sketch book,
an instrument of intuition and spontaneity.
- Henri Cartier-Bresson
Poetry for Your Eyes
When people look at my pictures I want them to feel the way they do
when they want to read a line of a poem... twice.
- Robert Frank
Snap Decisions and Snap Shots
A photojournalist makes snap decisions; based on the ability
to quickly assess situations and record one’s perceived truth.
- Jack Dykinga
This applies not just to photojournalists, but to all photographers in general.
There's a reason they're called snapshots.
Hold Your Breath
To photograph is to hold one’s breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality.
It’s at that precise moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy.
– Henri Cartier-Bresson
What is Photography?
To photograph: it is to put on the same line of sight the head, the eye, and the heart.
– Henri Cartier-Bresson
Time and Remebrance
Great photography is about depth of feeling, not depth of field.
– Peter Adams
Everything Changes
