A skillful photographer can photograph anything well.
Trained as a musician, [photographer Ansel] Adams understood the richness of variation that could be unfolded from a simple theme. - John Szarkowski
Trained as a musician, [photographer Ansel] Adams understood the richness of variation that could be unfolded from a simple theme.
- John Szarkowski
The basic material of photographs is not intrinsically beautiful. It's not like ivory or tapestry or bronze or oil on canvas. You're not supposed to … - John Szarkowski
The basic material of photographs is not intrinsically beautiful. It's not like ivory or tapestry or bronze or oil on canvas. You're not supposed to …
Photography is the easiest thing in the world if one is willing to accept pictures that are flaccid, limp, bland, banal, indiscriminately informative… - John Szarkowski
Photography is the easiest thing in the world if one is willing to accept pictures that are flaccid, limp, bland, banal, indiscriminately informative…
A skillful photographer can photograph anything well. - John Szarkowski
Pure photography is a system of picture-making that describes more or less faithfully what might be seen through a rectangular frame from a particula… - John Szarkowski
Pure photography is a system of picture-making that describes more or less faithfully what might be seen through a rectangular frame from a particula…
The very best pictures adapt themselves to many changes in meaning. - John Szarkowski
The very best pictures adapt themselves to many changes in meaning.
The goal is not to make something factually impeccable, but seamlessly persuasive. - John Szarkowski
The goal is not to make something factually impeccable, but seamlessly persuasive.
Photography is a contest between a photographer and the presumptions of approximate and habitual seeing. The contest can be held anywhere. - John Szarkowski
Photography is a contest between a photographer and the presumptions of approximate and habitual seeing. The contest can be held anywhere.
The world now contains more photographs than bricks, and they are, astonishingly, all different. - John Szarkowski
The world now contains more photographs than bricks, and they are, astonishingly, all different.
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