Ruth Bernhard
Ruth Bernhard
Ruth Bernhardwas a German-born American photographer...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionPhotographer
Date of Birth14 October 1905
CountryGermany
I think of the nudes as seed pods, like flowers or grasses. They are universal bodies.
people
I look at ordinary objects, and I see things that other people don't see. That's why I'm a photographer.
imagine work
I have no regrets about my work. To be a photographer was a gift of the gods. I can't imagine anything that would have been better.
I had a natural feeling for sculpture, and the nudes are my sculpture.
work
I feel that is more important than my work, the influence I have on my students.
I feel that everything has to come from the heart, and it cannot come from the intellect.
Everything I do is a metaphor of the universal order.
became good took
I never took a photograph. Instead, I became a good listener.
life yes
I always say yes to everything because I always feel that whatever comes my way, life meant for me.
photography inspiration light
Light is my inspiration. My photographic images search for dimensions that words cannot touch- the result of intense responses to personal experiences. I do not wish to "record," but rather to touch upon the illusive meanings which I perceive and try to comprehend in this limitless universe.
photography art artist
Photography is art when it's used by an artist.
photography weapons cameras
Never ever say the word shoot when you are taking a picture with a camera because a camera is not a violent weapon.
photography real eye
What the human eye sees is an illusion of what is real. The black and white image transforms illusions into another reality.
photography photograph intellect
I expect photographs to find me. I never thought of looking for them. I instinctively put them there. My intellect had nothing to do with it.