Never boss people around. It's more important to click with people than to click the shutter.
Alfred EisenstaedtRead
I dream that someday the step between my mind and my finger will no longer be needed. And that simply by blinking my eyes, I shall make pictures. Then, I think, I shall really have become a photographer.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote expresses a vision of effortless creativity where the act of creation becomes instantaneous and intuitive.
Alfred Eisenstaedt's quote reflects the desire for a seamless connection between thought and artistic expression. He envisions a future where the barriers to creating art, such as the distance between inspiration and execution, vanish, enabling a direct transformation of imagination into visual reality. This desire for immediacy in artistic creation highlights the deep passion artists have for their craft and the yearning for a more profound and intrinsic connection to their work.
Themes
ArtCreativityPhotographyImaginationExpression
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can inspire artists at a gallery opening to reflect on their creative process.
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All quotes βToday's photographers think differently. Many can't see real light anymore. They think only in terms of strobe - sure, it all looks beautiful but it's not really seeing. If you have the eyes to see it, the nuances of light are already there on the subject's face. If your thinking is confined to strobe light sources, your palette becomes very mean - which is the reason I photograph only in available light.
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Retire? Retire from What? Life? I will only retire when I am dead!
Alfred EisenstaedtRead
I always prefer photographing in available light β or Rembrandt-light I like to call it β so you get the natural modulations of the face. It makes a more alive, real, and flattering portrait.
Alfred EisenstaedtRead
People will never understand the patience a photographer requires to make a great photograph, all they see is the end result. I can stand in front of a leaf with a dew drop, or a rain drop, and stay there for ages just waiting for the right moment. Sure, people think I'm crazy, but who cares? I see more than they do!
Alfred EisenstaedtRead
Yes, I sold buttons to earn living. But I took pictures to keep on living. Pictures are my life β as necessary as eating or breathing.
Alfred EisenstaedtRead
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