Andre Breton once said that a portrait should not only be an image but an oracle one questions, and that the photographer's aim should be a profound likeness, which physically and morally predicts the subject's entire future.
Photography is still a very new medium and everything must be tried and dare. - Bill Brandt
Photography is still a very new medium and everything must be tried and dare.
- Bill Brandt
Photographers should follow their own judgment, and not the fads and dictates of others. Photography is still a very new medium and everything is all… - Bill Brandt
Photographers should follow their own judgment, and not the fads and dictates of others. Photography is still a very new medium and everything is all…
The good photographer will produce a competent picture every time whatever his subject. But only when his subject makes and immediate and direct appe… - Bill Brandt
The good photographer will produce a competent picture every time whatever his subject. But only when his subject makes and immediate and direct appe…
It is the gift of seeing the life around them clearly and vividly, as something that is exciting in its own right. It is an innate gift, varying in i… - Bill Brandt
It is the gift of seeing the life around them clearly and vividly, as something that is exciting in its own right. It is an innate gift, varying in i…
When I began to photograph nudes, I let myself be guided by this camera, and instead of photographing what I saw, I photographed what the camera was … - Bill Brandt
When I began to photograph nudes, I let myself be guided by this camera, and instead of photographing what I saw, I photographed what the camera was …
A good nude photograph can be erotic, but certainly not sentimental or pornographic. - Bill Brandt
A good nude photograph can be erotic, but certainly not sentimental or pornographic.
A photographer must be prepared to catch and hold on to those elements which give distinction to the subject or lend it atmosphere. - Bill Brandt
A photographer must be prepared to catch and hold on to those elements which give distinction to the subject or lend it atmosphere.
It is essential for the photographer to know the effect of his lenses. The lens is his eye, and it makes or ruins his pictures. A feeling for composi… - Bill Brandt
It is essential for the photographer to know the effect of his lenses. The lens is his eye, and it makes or ruins his pictures. A feeling for composi…
The photographer must possess and preserve the receptive faculties of a child who looks at the world for the first time. - Bill Brandt
The photographer must possess and preserve the receptive faculties of a child who looks at the world for the first time.
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