Before you shoot an irresistible subject, mute all your senses except sight to find out how much is left for the camera to record..

As an amateur you have an advantage over photographers - you can do as you wish... This should make amateurs the happiest of photographers..

The difference in 'seeing' between the eye and the lens should make it obvious that a photographer who merely points his camera at an appealing subje….

The first impression of a new subject is not necessary the best. Seen from a different angle or under different condition it might look even better. ….

Know - how is worthless unless guided by know - why and know - when..

What matters is not what you photograph, but why and how you photograph it. Even the most controversial subject, if depicted by a sensitive photograp….

Photographers - idiots, of which there are so many - say, "Oh, if only I had a Nikon or a Leica, I could make great photographs." That's the dumbest ….

Realism and superrealism are what I'm after. This world is full of things the eye doesn't see. The camera can see more, and often 10 times better..

With a short lens I can reveal the hidden things near at hand, with a long lens the hidden things far away. The telephoto lens provides a new visual ….

And yet, in a superficial sense, it is true that the camera does not "lie": given a chance, it will faithfully render everything within the field of ….

It's nothing but a matter of seeing, thinking, and interest. That's what makes a good photograph. And then rejecting anything that would be bad for t….

A technically perfect photograph can be the world's most boring picture..

Once a photographer is convinced that the camera can lie and that, strictly speaking, the vast majority of photographs are camera lies, inasmuch as t….

A photographer who does not know how to translate his feelings and ideas into a graphically satisfactory form is bound to produce ineffective photogr….

The camera can push the new medium to its limits - and beyond. It is there - in the "beyond" - that the imaginative photographer will compete with th….

Don't look for "depth" but instead search for subject aspects which prove the presence of depth..

Any good photograph is a successful synthesis of technique and art..

No one can do inspired work without genuine interest in his subject and understanding of its characteristics..

Human vision is untrustworthy, subjective and selective. Camera vision is total and non - objective..

Light is the photographic medium par excellence; it is to the photographer what words are to the writer; color and paint to the painter; wood, metal,….

The photographer has almost as much control over his subject matter as a painter. He can control light and shade, form and space, pattern and texture….