I never question what to do, it tells me what to do. The photographs make themselves with my help.

Quote by Ruth Bernhard

Topics: Photography Quotes, Questioning Quotes

The ground we walk on, the plants and creatures, the clouds above constantly dissolving into...

The ground we walk on, the plants and creatures, the clouds above constantly dissolving into...

The camera can photograph thought

The camera can photograph thought

Photography can never grow up if it imitates some other medium. It has to walk...

Photography can never grow up if it imitates some other medium. It has to walk...

She glances at the photo, and the pilot light of memory flickers in her eyes.

She glances at the photo, and the pilot light of memory flickers in her eyes.

Actually, I'm not all that interested in the subject of photography. Once the picture is...

Actually, I'm not all that interested in the subject of photography. Once the picture is...

Photography is truth. And cinema is truth twenty-four times a second.

Photography is truth. And cinema is truth twenty-four times a second.

There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.

There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.

I've never made any picture, good or bad, without paying for it in emotional turmoil.

I've never made any picture, good or bad, without paying for it in emotional turmoil.

I just think it's important to be direct and honest with people about why you're...

I just think it's important to be direct and honest with people about why you're...

Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative...

Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative...

In my photography, color and composition are inseparable. I see in color.

In my photography, color and composition are inseparable. I see in color.

Photoshop will not save you from future embarrassment.

Photoshop will not save you from future embarrassment.

Dialectical thought is related to vulgar thinking in the same way that a motion picture...

Dialectical thought is related to vulgar thinking in the same way that a motion picture...

I just think it's important to be direct and honest with people about why you're...

I just think it's important to be direct and honest with people about why you're...

Anybody can direct a picture once they know the fundamentals. Directing is not a mystery,...

Anybody can direct a picture once they know the fundamentals. Directing is not a mystery,...

I try to photograph people's spirits and thoughts. As to the soul-taking by the photographer,...

I try to photograph people's spirits and thoughts. As to the soul-taking by the photographer,...

Now very often events are set up for photographers... The weddings are orchestrated about the...

Now very often events are set up for photographers... The weddings are orchestrated about the...

A photograph must be more interesting than the thing photographed

A photograph must be more interesting than the thing photographed

Above all, I craved to seize the whole essence, in the confines of one single...

Above all, I craved to seize the whole essence, in the confines of one single...

It's a question of whether we're going to go forward into the future or past...

It's a question of whether we're going to go forward into the future or past...