The personality and style of a photographer usually limits the type of subject with which he deals best. For example Cartier-Bresson is very interested in people and in travel; these things plus his precise feeling for geometrical relationships determine the type of pictures he takes best. What is of value is that a particular photographer sees the subject differently. A good picture must be a completely individual expression which intrigues the viewer and forces him to think.
When I say that a good picture has surprise quality or shock appeal, I do not mean that it is a loud or vulgar picture but, instead, that it stimulat… - Alexey Brodovitch
When I say that a good picture has surprise quality or shock appeal, I do not mean that it is a loud or vulgar picture but, instead, that it stimulat…
- Alexey Brodovitch
It is every photographer's responsibility to discover new images and a new personal way of looking at things. If he can do this his pictures will com… - Alexey Brodovitch
It is every photographer's responsibility to discover new images and a new personal way of looking at things. If he can do this his pictures will com…
If you see something you have seen before, don't click the shutter. - Alexey Brodovitch
If you see something you have seen before, don't click the shutter.
It is the end result that counts. - Alexey Brodovitch
It is the end result that counts.
Photographers should make three or four prints from one negative and then crop them differently. When I was art director at Harper's Bazaar and at se… - Alexey Brodovitch
Photographers should make three or four prints from one negative and then crop them differently. When I was art director at Harper's Bazaar and at se…
Surprise quality can be achieved in many ways. It may be produced by a certain stimulating geometrical relationship between elements in the picture o… - Alexey Brodovitch
Surprise quality can be achieved in many ways. It may be produced by a certain stimulating geometrical relationship between elements in the picture o…
The photograph is not only a pictorial report; it is also a psychological report. It represents the feelings and point of view of the intelligence be… - Alexey Brodovitch
The photograph is not only a pictorial report; it is also a psychological report. It represents the feelings and point of view of the intelligence be…
If you know yourself, you are doomed. - Alexey Brodovitch
If you know yourself, you are doomed.
The creative life of the commercial photographer is like the life of a butterfly. Very seldom do we see a photographer who is really productive for m… - Alexey Brodovitch
The creative life of the commercial photographer is like the life of a butterfly. Very seldom do we see a photographer who is really productive for m…
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