Good Photo Quotes

• If I am dissatisfied, it's simply because good photos are few and far between. A good photo is a miracle.

  Josef Koudelka

  Photography, Miracle, Photographer

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• It's a very frustrated feeling you get when the only people with good photos of you work are the police department.

  Banksy

  People, Police, Feelings

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• Good photos have come when I least controlled the situation.

  Gueorgui Pinkhassov

  Situation, Controlled

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• Everyone should understand that getting good photos is paramount to everything. You have to do what it takes and often comfort and sleep are the first casualties of an assignment.

  Peter Menzel

  Sleep, Comfort, Firsts

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• I am not an artist, and I never intended to be one. I hope I have made some good photographs, but what I really hope is that I have done some good photo stories with memorable images that make a point, and, perhaps, even make a difference.

  Cornell Capa

  Photography, Memorable, Artist

  "Photographs". Book by Cornell Capa, www.theguardian.com. 1992.

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• When you start thinking as far as what's a good photo, unfortunately everything starts looking like a good photo.

  Henry Rollins

  Thinking

  Interview with Danny Stygion, www.sinicalmagazine.com. October 1, 2011.

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• Before digital, I spent thirty years shooting color transparencies, which are very unforgiving of exposure. A half stop can make or break a good photo on slide film.

  Peter Menzel

  Color, Years, Make Or Break

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• I've been collecting photos for a long time, I mean since I started making money. But what you have had to go through to find a good photo is like a needle in the haystack sometimes. You'll drive from one gallery to the next gallery to the next gallery. It's not an easy process. It's a very ancient model that just hasn't caught up with the times.

  Guy Oseary

  Mean, Long, Next

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• In 1982 I bought the newly released Makina Plaubel 55mm fixed-lens camera. With this shift from 35mm to 6 x 7, I also changed from black and white to color. Later that year, I started my project on New Brighton called The Last Resort. However, the first project I shot in colour was composed of urban scenes from Liverpool. This image was on the second roll of film. It's the first good photo I made in this new chapter of my work.

  Martin Parr

  Black And White, Color, Years

  "10 Photographers Share ‘An Image That Changed Everything’ And The Stories Behind Them" by Priscilla Frank, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 10, 2015.

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