Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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My first priority when taking pictures is to achieve clarity. A good documentary photograph transmits the information of the situation with the utmost fidelity; achieving it means understanding the nuances of lighting and composition, and also remembering to keep the lenses clean and the cameras steady.

Sam Abell's Popular Quotes

There isn't an aspect of book creation I don't enjoy, and there has always been a book in my life to dream about or work on.

- Sam Abell

What I'm interested in is modern American history. I'm taken with the changes that have occurred in America in my lifetime.

- Sam Abell

Life rarely presents fully finished photographs. An image evolves, often from a single strand of visual interest - a distant horizon, a moment of lig…

- Sam Abell

Photographs that transcend but do not deny their literal situation appeal to me.

- Sam Abell

We know that photographs inform people. We also know that photographs move people. The photograph that does both is the one we want to see and make.

- Sam Abell

But there is more to a fine photograph than information. We are also seeking to present an image that arouses the curiosity of the viewer or that, be…

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Richard Prince's most famous photograph was made by me.

- Sam Abell

Photography, alone of the arts, seems perfected to serve the desire humans have for a moment - this very moment - to stay.

- Sam Abell

That's who comes to my workshops. I jokingly tell my students that the class could be called "Your photographs: Better."

- Sam Abell