Quotable
Collected photography-related quotations used on the strapline atop this ‘ere homepage, newest first. There’s only a couple so far: this site’s incarnation has only been live a few months. Please feel free to suggest more quotes, related witticisms or oevres of your own included, in the comments box below.
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- “Some images are so beautiful that the reality behind them hurts”
Ch’ng Yaohong
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- “Nothing permanently diminishes the affirmation of the sun” Robert Adams
- “Most things in life are moments of pleasure and a lifetime of embarrassment; photography is a moment of embarrassment and a lifetime of pleasure.”
Tony Benn
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- “For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness”
Julian Germain
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- “Any collection of photographs is an exercise in Surrealist montage and the Surrealist abbreviation of history.” Susan Sontag
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- “The idea that professionals are commercial hacks but artists are free and independent image-makers wipes out practically the whole history of photography.” David Hurn
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- “The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.” Dorothea Lange
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- “DaDa is beautiful like the night, who cradles the young day in her arms.” Hans Arp
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