Comments on: 58 Lines by 36 Photographers

By: Thorne

Thorne — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 21:22:10 +0000

“Is there anything that does more justice to light itself, than cast upon the female form?”

By: Craig

Craig — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 04:45:23 +0000

A variation of no. 56:
“The quickest way to make make money at photography is to invent some gadget photographers want.”

By: ArtemK

ArtemK — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 14:02:41 +0000

“If you buy a camera, you are a photographer. If you buy a flute, you own a flute.”
– Bob Kolbrener

By: Tom Cavanaugh

Tom Cavanaugh — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 10:46:40 +0000

Art is not to be found by touring to Egypt, China, or Peru; if you cannot find it at your own door, you will never find it. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

If you want to be a better photographer, stand in front of more interesting stuff. – Jim Richardson

ay, there’s the rub. – Hamlet

By: Josh Malahy

Josh Malahy — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:16:19 +0000

“All the technique in the world doesn’t compensate for the inability to notice.” – Elliott Erwitt

“There’s no such thing as a bad picture, you just look bad.” – David Lee Roth

By: Bob Beerbower

Bob Beerbower — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 03:00:01 +0000

The word ‘art’ is very slippery. It really has no importance in relation to one’s work. I work for the pleasure, for the pleasure of the work, and everything else is a matter for the critics. – Manuel Alvarez Bravo

By: Stephen Neff

Stephen Neff — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:43:37 +0000

No George Eastman quotes?

Light makes photography. Embrace light. Admire it. Love it. But above all, know light. Know it for all you are worth, and you will know the key to photography.

You push the button, we do the rest.

By: Dale Blevins

Dale Blevins — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:31:34 +0000

The one that I remember the most I don’t know who said it…” If you saw it, you didn’t get the shot”

Mick made me cry with his quote…I lost my firstborn son a month before his 18th bday 6 ½ years ago….this quote is so priceless as I hardly have pictures of him which is why I got into photography in a real way. Oh, I took pictures (Fujica 35mm beginning in 1981) but don’t have them as they’ve mysteriously disappeared in the divorce.

Then Chester made me laugh with the Sixth Sense reference! Ahh, photographers, gotta love em!

Good work, need to make a cheat sheet for these!

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 09:52:04 +0000

“It’s one thing to make a picture of what a person looks like, it’s another thing to make a portrait of who they are.”

- Either Paul Caponigro or John Paul Caponigro (Can’t remember which!)

By: Troy Freund

Troy Freund — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 04:05:38 +0000

My two favorite quotes:
“Above all, life for a photographer cannot be a matter of indifference.”- Robert Frank
“These are the two basic controls at the photographer’s command – position and timing -all others are extensions, peripheral ones, compared to them.” – David Hurn