Viewing Photos

Viewing Photos

Introduction

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Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the shutter. ~Ansel Adams

It's weird that photographers spend years or even a whole lifetime, trying to capture moments that added together, don't even amount to a couple of hours. ~James Lalropui Keivom

FloodWater rushes down a stairwell during heavy rains in Chongqing, China in July

When you photograph people in colour you photograph their clothes. But when you photograph people in B&W, you photograph their souls! ~Ted Grant

DisplacedRefugees from fighting in Mogadishu seek shelter at a camp in Baletwayne, Somalia

While there is perhaps a province in which the photograph can tell us nothing more than what we see with our own eyes, there is another in which it proves to us how little our eyes permit us to see. ~Dorothea Lange

Trunk ShowA three-day old baby elephant reaches for its mother at an animal park in Berlin

A photograph is usually looked at - seldom looked into. ~Ansel Adams

There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer. ~Ansel Adams

Time Pictures of the Week.Dec12, 2008

A good snapshot stops a moment from running away. ~Eudora Welty

Sunday, December 14, 2008No Can DoRace organisers, volunteers and journalists descend through snow flurries and strong wind after a men's Slalom race was cancelled due to bad weather at the Audi FIS Ski World Cup Alpine skiing in Val d'Isere, France

The camera can photograph thought. ~Dirk Bogarde

Dust Storm Sudan

I think the best pictures are often on the edges of any situation, I don't find photographing the situation nearly as interesting as photographing the edges. ~William Albert Allard, "The Photographic Essay

Power StrokeTennis star Rafael Nadal poses underneath the surface of a pool in Monte Carlo, Monaco.

There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs. ~Ansel Adams

My portraits are more about me than they are about the people I photograph. ~Richard Avedon

All photos are accurate. None of them is the truth. ~Richard Avedon

The camera cannot lie, but it can be an accessory to untruth. ~Harold Evans, "Pictures on a Page"

If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn't need to lug around a camera. ~Lewis Hine