But before all else a work of art is the creation of love. Love for the subject first and for the medium second. Love is the fundamental necessity underlying the need to create, underlying the emotion that gives it form, and from which grows the unfinished product that is presented to the world. Love is the general criterion by which the rare photograph is judged. It must contain it to be not less than the best of which the photographer is capable.
The more you photograph, the more you realize what can and what can't be photographed. You just have to keep doing it. - Eliot Porter
The more you photograph, the more you realize what can and what can't be photographed. You just have to keep doing it.
- Eliot Porter
My emotions, instincts, and interests are all with nature. - Eliot Porter
My emotions, instincts, and interests are all with nature.
Every photograph that is made whether by one who considers himself a professional, or by the tourist who points his snapshot camera and pushes a butt… - Eliot Porter
Every photograph that is made whether by one who considers himself a professional, or by the tourist who points his snapshot camera and pushes a butt…
Sometimes you can tell a large story with a tiny subject. - Eliot Porter
Sometimes you can tell a large story with a tiny subject.
I don't think it's necessary to put your feelings about photography in words. I've read things that photographers have written for exhibitions and so… - Eliot Porter
I don't think it's necessary to put your feelings about photography in words. I've read things that photographers have written for exhibitions and so…
You learn to see by practice. It's Just like playing tennis, you get better the more you play. The more you look around at things, the more you see. … - Eliot Porter
You learn to see by practice. It's Just like playing tennis, you get better the more you play. The more you look around at things, the more you see. …
Photographs are believed more than words; thus they can be used persuasively to show people who have never taken the trouble to look what is there. - Eliot Porter
Photographs are believed more than words; thus they can be used persuasively to show people who have never taken the trouble to look what is there.
Photography is a strong tool, a propaganda device, and a weapon for the defense of the environment...and therefore for the fostering of a healthy hum… - Eliot Porter
Photography is a strong tool, a propaganda device, and a weapon for the defense of the environment...and therefore for the fostering of a healthy hum…
I do not photograph for ulterior purposes. I photograph for the thing itself - for the photograph - without consideration of how it may be used. - Eliot Porter
I do not photograph for ulterior purposes. I photograph for the thing itself - for the photograph - without consideration of how it may be used.
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