The way I would describe a pictorial is that it is a picture that makes everybody say ‘Aaaaah,’ with five vowels when they see it. It is something you would like to hang on the wall. The french word ‘photogenique’ defines it better than anything in English. It is a picture which must have quality, drama, and it must, in addition, be as good technically as you can possible make it.
When I have a camera in my hand, I know no fear. - Alfred Eisenstaedt
When I have a camera in my hand, I know no fear.
- Alfred Eisenstaedt
Yes, I sold buttons to earn living. But I took pictures to keep on living. Pictures are my life – as necessary as eating or breathing. - Alfred Eisenstaedt
Yes, I sold buttons to earn living. But I took pictures to keep on living. Pictures are my life – as necessary as eating or breathing.
With photography, everything is in the eye and these days I feel young photographers are missing the point a bit. People always ask about cameras but… - Alfred Eisenstaedt
With photography, everything is in the eye and these days I feel young photographers are missing the point a bit. People always ask about cameras but…
I will be remembered when I'm in heaven. People won't remember my name, but they will know the photographer who did that picture of that nurse being … - Alfred Eisenstaedt
I will be remembered when I'm in heaven. People won't remember my name, but they will know the photographer who did that picture of that nurse being …
Another picture I hope to be remembered by is this one of the drum major rehearsing at the University of Michigan. It was early in this morning, and … - Alfred Eisenstaedt
Another picture I hope to be remembered by is this one of the drum major rehearsing at the University of Michigan. It was early in this morning, and …
I don’t use an exposure meter. My personal advice is: Spend the money you would put into such an instrument for film. Buy yards of film, miles of it.… - Alfred Eisenstaedt
I don’t use an exposure meter. My personal advice is: Spend the money you would put into such an instrument for film. Buy yards of film, miles of it.…
The most important thing... is not clicking the shutter... it is clicking with the subject. - Alfred Eisenstaedt
The most important thing... is not clicking the shutter... it is clicking with the subject.
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… - Alfred Eisenstaedt
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…
We are only beginning to learn what to say in a photograph. The world we live in is a succession of fleeting moments, any one of which might say some… - Alfred Eisenstaedt
We are only beginning to learn what to say in a photograph. The world we live in is a succession of fleeting moments, any one of which might say some…
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