Pure photography is a system of picture-making that describes more or less faithfully what might be seen through a rectangular frame from a particular vantage point at a given moment.
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…
- John Szarkowski
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.
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.
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 …
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.
The very best pictures adapt themselves to many changes in meaning. - John Szarkowski
The very best pictures adapt themselves to many changes in meaning.
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.
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
A skillful photographer can photograph anything well.
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