Ansel Adams
Since the advent of photography in 1839, it is safe to say that it has changed our world. She helped uncover things that were once hidden and document important events so they will never be forgotten. These aspects affect not only the viewer, but also those who film. To understand the influence of photography, all you have to do is read what the great photographers have to say.
Many sayings speak of silent truths that the camera captures. – “I don’t trust words. I trust photographs,” photographer Gilles Peress. Aaron Siskind's quote echoes this statement: “Photography is a way to feel, to touch, to love. What you catch on film is captured forever... film preserves the memory of little things even when you have forgotten everything.” Dorothea Lange, famous for her series depicting Japanese internment camps in the United States, sums it up: “The camera is a tool that teaches people to see without a camera.”
Also, these sayings will help you learn how to take better photographs. Sometimes one simple piece of advice can help you take a step in the right direction. “Good photography is knowing where to stand,” says Ansel Adams. But if that doesn't help, just remember the words of Henri Cartier-Bresson: “your first 10,000 photographs are your worst.”
Dorothea Lange
About what photography is...
“Photography is a way to feel, to touch, to love. What you catch on film is captured forever... film remembers little things, keeps the memory of little things even when you have forgotten everything." - Aaron Siskind
"Photography is a story I can't put into words" - Destin Sparks
“The best thing about a painting is that it never changes, even when there are people in it.” - Andy Warhol
“A tear contains the ocean. A photographer is aware of the tiny moments in a person's life that reveal larger truths" - Anonymous
“The camera is a tool that teaches people to see without a camera” - Dorothea Lange
"The camera is the eye of history" - Matthew Brady
“It is an illusion that photographs are made with a camera... they are made with the eye, the heart and the head” - Henri Cartier-Bresson
“Photography is a mystery about a mystery. The more she tells you, the less you know." - Diane Arbus
“All photographs are accurate. None of them are true" - Richard Avedon
“Great photography is about depth of feeling, not depth of field” - Peter Adams
“Photography does a great job of capturing appearances, but nothing is what it seems.” - Duane Michals
“What I love about photographs is that they capture a moment that is gone forever, that cannot be repeated” - Karl Lagerfeld
“All photographs are memento mori. To photograph is to participate in the mortality, vulnerability, changeability of another person (or thing). By precisely cutting off this moment and freezing it, all photographs testify to the merciless melting of time." - Susan Sontag
“The desire to discover, the desire to move, to capture color – these are the three concepts that describe the art of photography” - Helmut Newton
Alfred Stieglitz
Black and white: a popular combination
The first photographs were in black and white, but by the mid-20th century, color photography became commonplace. The same thing is happening with films, fewer films are now shot in black and white, except perhaps as an artistic choice. However, using this color contrast is still preferred by many photographers and designers.
About why they take pictures...
“When the words become unclear, I will focus on the photographs. When talking becomes inadequate, I will be content with silence." - Ansel Adams
“We take photographs to understand what our lives mean to us” - Ralph Hattersley
“What you see in my photographs is that I was not afraid to fall in love with these people” - Annie Leibovitz
“The photograph you take with a camera is an imagination you mold from reality” - Scott Lorenzo
“For me, the camera is an instrument of intuition and spontaneity” - Henri Cartier-Bresson
“Photography is my passion, the search for truth, my obsession” - Alfred Stieglitz
“Taking photographs is like tiptoeing into the kitchen late at night and stealing cookies.” - Diane Arbus
“I don't trust words. I trust photographs" - Gilles Perez
“The camera is an excuse that teaches you to end up where you don’t belong. This gives me both a connection point and a separation point." - Susan Meiselas
“If a day goes by without me doing something related to photography, it is as if I have neglected something essential to my existence, as if I have forgotten to wake up” - Richard Avedon
“Photography means enjoying life, every hundredth of a second” - Marc Riboud
“My life is shaped by the need to wander and observe, and my camera is my passport” - Steve McCurry
Walter Mittelholzer
Color is for the eyes, black and white is for the soul
For some people, life has only two sides: black or white. Quotes, aphorisms and other sayings of famous people clearly demonstrate this. By looking at life in this way, it is easier for them to see everything in its natural state; no restrictions, no distractions. But there are also intermediate shades, the so-called gray areas. Photographers, on the other hand, see black and white differently. These colors give meaning, adding a little mystery to reality.
However, while it is easier to draw conclusions about something using a black and white perspective, it tends to miss the complexities of life and does not give the situation or person a chance to reveal its true beauty. You should never limit yourself and see everything in only two tones, without revealing the unexpected gray areas of life. Because it's your life and your rules! Live the way you want!
What are they photographing with...
“Anything that excites me, I will photograph; not by looking for the unusual object, but by making the ordinary unusual” - Edward Weston
“I used to think that I would never lose anyone if I took enough photos. In fact, my photographs show me how much I have lost." - Nan Goldin
“I have a vision of life, and I try to find equivalents for it in the form of photographs” - Alfred Stieglitz
“When I say I want to photograph someone, what it really means is that I would like to know. I photograph everyone I know." - Annie Leibovitz
“I truly believe that there are things that no one will see unless I photograph them” - Diane Arbus
“I was a witness, and these photographs are my testimony. The events I have recorded should not be forgotten and should not be repeated." - James Nachtwey
“Most of my shots are based on people. I look at a vulnerable moment, the essence of the soul peering out, an experience etched on a person's face." - Steve McCurry
“My paintings are my eyes. I photograph what I see and what I want to see” - Mario Testino
“I like to create images that from a distance appear seductive, colorful, lush and attractive, and then you realize that you are looking at something completely opposite. I find it boring to follow the typical idea of beauty because it is the simplest and most obvious way to see the world. It's harder to look at the other side" - Cindy Sherman
Walker Evans
Beautiful abstraction
Artist Paul Dano once said that he worked in color, but the images he is most associated with are black and white. “I see more in black and white—I like abstraction,” he said. And many artists think so.
Rock musician Matisyahu once said: “I may be old-fashioned, but black and white films still hold a fond place in my heart, they have an incomparable mysticism and mood.” American actress Ginger Rogers completely agrees with him: “Because I’m from Spain, as soon as the morning ends, I like to take a nap, falling asleep listening to black and white films.”
Different colors are distracting, it pleases the eye, but does not necessarily reach the heart. Many quotes about black and white seek to emphasize the contrast of two opposites, two extremes.
American actor, director and photographer Leonard Nimoy once remarked: “When we have no information, we move to the simplest worldview, to black and white. But then we have to lie to ourselves. Black is never as black as you make it out to be, and white is never as white.”
About what makes a good photograph...
“It’s easy to take a photograph of someone and call it a portrait. The challenge is to make a picture that makes the viewer think about the stranger." - Paul Strand
“A portrait is not a likeness. The moment an emotion or fact turns into a photograph, it is no longer a fact, but an opinion. There is no such thing as inaccuracy in a photograph. All photos are accurate. None of them are true" - Richard Avedon
“True photography needs no explanation and cannot be contained in words” - Ansel Adams
“The truth is the best picture, the best propaganda” - Robert Capa
“Good photography is unpretentious” – Walker Evans
“There is no particular genre of photography that I think is better than any other. I'm always looking for an image that has spirit! I don’t care how they did it” – Minor White
“If a painting is good, it tells many different stories” – Josef Koudelka
"Be yourself. I prefer to see something, no matter how clumsy, that doesn't look like someone else's work." - William Klein
Richard Avedon
Richard Avedon
Statements tinged with feelings
Just as every Yin needs a Yang, every positive needs a negative, so everything that is white needs black in order to have a sense of dichotomy and feel complete. Colors bring variety to life. Black and white bring a sense of calm, this inanimate combination is so full of life.
Do you only see things in two colors? Separation, also known as black and white thinking, is a type of cognitive disorder where people fail to see possibilities in situations because they are conditioned to see only the positive or negative. But even these two tones have a lot of different shades. Here are some "black and white" quotes:
Mortals. Everything is so black and white for you (Kami Garcia).
When you photograph people in color, you photograph their clothes, but when you photograph people in black and white, you photograph their souls! (Ted Grant)
Photographers all over the world know the power of black and white, how it can make something seem mysterious and real at the same time. Depth, dynamism and simplicity come together so beautifully in black and white photography that you almost feel the subject come to life. The same applies to verbal genres. “Black and white” quotes are quite popular, some of them demonstrate human nature, some bring to light, some are entertaining, others make you think.
Symbols of alternative, hope and despair
Is the world black and white? There are so many quotes, the topic is quite interesting, since so many popular people have spoken about this. “Peace is the beauty of life. This is sunlight. This is the smile of a child, the love of a mother, the joy of a father, the unity of a family. This is the progress of man, the victory of a just cause, the triumph of truth.” - Menachem Begin once said.
For some, this range is a symbol of alternative, for others - hopelessness and despair. And some people really like this black and white story. What other quotes are there about black and white? Love is also a popular topic. Nishan Panwar once said that sometimes couples have to argue rather than prove who is right or wrong to remind them that their love is worth fighting for.
“I believe very strongly that when it comes to desire, when it comes to attraction, it's never black and white, there are so many shades of gray,” said Brian Molko. And the famous actor Bradley Cooper once admitted that he himself divided everything into good and bad. He once said: “I think if you live in a black and white world, you will suffer a lot. I used to be like this. But I don't believe in it anymore." Wise words worth heeding.
Black and white quotes
The photos presented in the article confirm the main idea. Life is like a book with colorful pictures, but black and white text. A bit of a pessimistic note. But everything is not so sad.
Here are some beautiful quotes about life, love and more. Milli-Adele believes that every coin has two sides. The person himself chooses which one to look at.
The famous singer and dancer Shakira expressed an interesting thought in one interview: “I am a multifaceted woman and a person, like all women, I do not consist only of black and white. We all have shades of gray in the middle. And there are many more colors that other people don’t see.”
David Pilkey believed that most children are smarter than most adults. Children see the world in black and white. They look through all the garbage and see a world run by fools, stupid people and lazy people. And they can't do anything about it because they have no power.
And Mark Stiegler wrote the following: “The world is not black and white. Nobody does anything good or bad. Everything is grey. Therefore, no one is better than the rest. Knowing only gray, you come to the conclusion that all gray shades are the same. You mock the simplicity of the two-color representation, but you replace it with a single-color representation."
The truth is out there: black and white life (quotes)
Truth is very rarely found in extremes; it is often found right in the middle. That's why it's so difficult to find. Black and white thinking limits insight and feedback, two necessary ingredients for successful creative conflict resolution and successful insight. Ignorance of the world often makes people believe that life should be just two colors, that you have to choose sides. But there is no right or wrong if a person wants to be happy.
Quotes about black and white mood:
There are times when you want to say or feel things, but you won't because you will think whether it is right or wrong. But we forget that feelings have no boundaries, unlike the norms of life created by us. Sometimes it's better to skip them. (Nidhi Saini)
