Occupation: Photographer Birth: July 2, 1894 Death: September 28, 1985
Everything is a subject. Every subject has a rhythm. To feel it is the raison detre. The photograph is a fixed moment of such a raison detre, which l….
The photographer's art is a continuous discovery which requires patience and time..
I still regard myself as an amateur today and I hope that's what I'll stay until the end of my life. Because I'm forever a beginner who discovers the….
I do what I feel, that's all. I am an ordinary photographer working for his own pleasure. That's all I've ever done..
You do not have to imagine things; reality gives you all you need..
I just walk around, observing the subject from various angles until the picture elements arrange themselves into a composition that pleases my eye..
Of course a picture can lie, but only if you are not honest with yourself..
My talent lies in the fact that I cannot touch a camera without expressing myself..
People in motion are wonderful to photograph. It means catching the right moment... when one thing changes into something else..
Seeing is not enough; you have to feel what you photograph.
The camera is my tool. Through it I give a reason to everything around me..
Two seconds are a thousand years..
The most valuable things in a life are a man's memories. And they are priceless..
Have confidence in the inventions and transformations of chance..
I do not document anything, I give an interpretation..
The moment always dictates in my work. What I feel, I do. This is the most important thing for me. Everybody can look, but they don't necessarily see….
For this very reason I refuse all the tricks of the trade and professional virtuosity which could make me betray my career. As soon as I find a subje….
If you want to write you should learn the alphabet. You write and write and in the end you hava a beautiful, perfect alphabet. But it isn’t the alpha….
Technique isn't important. Technique is in the blood. Events and mood are more important than good light and the happening is what is important.
Photography is my only language..
I can do something with almost anything I see. Everything is still interesting to me..