John Szarkowski
John Szarkowski
Thaddeus John Szarkowski was a photographer, curator, historian, and critic. From 1962 to 1991 Szarkowski was the Director of Photography at New York's Museum of Modern Art...
photography lying simplicity
The simplicity of photography lies in the fact that it is very easy to make a picture. The staggering complexity of it lies in the fact that a thousand other pictures of the same subject would have been equally easy.
lying reality way
Because we see reality in different ways, we must understand that we are looking at different truths rather than the truth and that, therefore, all photographs lie in one way or another.
beautiful photography ivory
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 look at the thing, you're supposed to look through it. It's a window.
photography photographer contests
Photography is a contest between a photographer and the presumptions of approximate and habitual seeing. The contest can be held anywhere ...
photographer photograph wells
A skillful photographer can photograph anything well.
photography essence crafts
To quote out of context is the essence of the photographer's craft.
photography world impossible
Photography is the easiest thing in the world if one is willing to accept pictures that are flaccid, limp, bland, banal, indiscriminately informative, and pointless. But if one insists in a photograph that is both complex and vigorous it is almost impossible