21 INSPIRATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY QUOTES.

Hey Guys,   this week i just decided to share my favorite quotes from some of favorite photographers as well as a few others that can be applied to photography as well. Just to let you know they are not in any particular order.

                                                 live to the fullest and age wisely   photo by Jessy kigen



21 Inspirational/street/photography Quotes.

1.“If your pictures aren’t good enough, you aren’t close enough” – Robert Capa
2.“The Pictures are there, and you just take them” – Robert Capa
3. “The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible” – Oscar Wilde
4. “My photography is a reflection, which comes to life in action and leads to meditation. Spontaneity – the suspended moment – intervenes during action, in the viewfinder.” – Abbas
5. “If a photographer cares about the people before the lens and is compassionate, much is given. It is the photographer, not the camera, that is the instrument.” – Eve Arnold
6.  “Photography is the only language that can be understood anywhere in the world.” – Bruno Barbey.
7.  “I never thought I would become a photographer.” – Rene Burri
8. “Still images can be moving and moving images can be still. Both meet within soundscapes” Chien-Chi Chang
9. “It’s not how a photographer looks at the world that is important. It;s their intimate relationship with it.” – Antoine D’Agata
10. “The photographer is filled with doubt. Nothing will soothe him.” – Raymond Depardon


P E R S O N A L I T Y . photo by Jessy Kigen


11. “The whole point of taking pictures is so that you don’t have to explain things in words.” – Elliott Erwitt
12.“I love photographing. It’s that simple.” – Stuart Franklin
13. “Ultimately photography is about who you are. It’s the truth in relation to yourself. And seeking truth becomes a habit.” – Leonard Freed
14.  “I want the viewers to be moved into the lives of the people that they are looking at, the visual experience is incredibly emotional.” Paul Fusco

15.  “I am not an artist. I am an image maker.” – Thomas Hoepker
16. “I love the people I photograph. I mean, they’re my friends. Ive never met most of them or I don’t know them at all, yet through my images I live with them.” – Bruce Gilden
17.  “Taking pictures is like fishing or writing. It’s getting out of the unknown that which resists and refuses to come to light” – Jean Gaumy
18. “The photograph is completely abstracted from life, yet it looks like life. That is what has always excited me about photography.” – Richard Kalvar
19. “A photographer is an acrobat treading the high wire of chance, trying to capture shooting stars.” – Guy Le Querrec 
20. “I think good dreaming is what leads to good photographs.” – Wayne Miller
21.“I am forever chasing light. Light turns the ordinary into the magical.” – Trent Parke

The above Quotes as i said are one of my best inspirational photography  quotes, of course there are a thousands quotes out there which might be more appealing to you than the one i mentioned above but  let me know in the comment section which of the quotes above is your favorite, indicate by number.  

If you have any question concerning photography please feel free to write down in the comment section or send me email; Jessykigen@yahoo.com. also if you need amazing presets let me know in advance soon or later i will come up with my own personal presets and i would love to share it with you guys. 

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Author. Jessy Kigen



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