‘The sheer ease with which we can produce a superficial image often leads to creative disaster.’
Ansel Easton Adams (American photographer and environmentalist) – February 20, 1902 – April 22, 1984.
Tag: Photographer
Born on this day – Alfred Stieglitz
‘There are many schools of painting. Why should there not be many schools of photographic art? There is hardly a right and a wrong in these matters, but there is truth, and that should form the basis of all works of art.’
Alfred Stieglitz (American photographer and modern art promoter) – January 1, 1864 – July 13, 1946.
Born on this day – W. Eugene Smith
‘I didn’t write the rules. Why would I follow them?’
W. Eugene Smith (American photojournalist) – December 30, 1918 – October 15, 1978
Born on this day – Andreas Feininger
‘With a short lens I can reveal the hidden things near at hand, with a long lens the hidden things far away. The telephoto lens provides a new visual sensation for people: it widens their horizons. And, conversely, the things under our nose invariably look good when blown up really big.’
Andreas Feininger (American photographer and writer) – December 27, 1906 – February 18, 1999
Born on this day – Yousuf Karsh
‘Character, like a photograph, develops in darkness.’
Yousuf Karsh (Armenian-Canadian photographer) – December 23, 1908 – July 13, 2002
Born on this day – Bettina Rheims
‘…as soon as I grab a camera, all uncertainty vanishes.’
Bettina Rheims (French photographer) – December 18, 1952 (age 66)
Born on this day – O. Winston Link
‘The locomotives are black. The coal is black. The tracks are black. The night is black. So what am I going to do with color?’
O. Winston Link (American photographer best known for his photographs of the Norfolk & Western Railroad) – December 16, 1914 – January 30, 2001.
Born on this day – Alfred Eisenstaedt
‘People will never understand the patience a photographer requires to make a great photograph, all they see is the end result. I can stand in front of a leaf with a dew drop, or a rain drop, and stay there for ages just waiting for the right moment. Sure, people think I’m crazy, but who cares? I see more than they do!‘
Alfred Eisenstaedt (German-born American photographer and photojournalist) – December 6, 1898 – August 23, 1995.
Born on this day – Robert Capa
‘I hope to stay unemployed as a war photographer till the end of my life.’
Robert Capa (Hungarian war photographer and photojournalist) – October 22, 1913 – May 25, 1954.
Born on this day – Paul Strand
‘The artist’s world is limitless. It can be found anywhere, far from where he lives or a few feet away. It is always on his doorstep.’
Paul Strand (American photographer and filmmaker) – October 16, 1890 – March 31, 1976.
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