John Szarkowski
John Szarkowski
Thaddeus John Szarkowski was a photographer, curator, historian, and critic. From 1962 to 1991 Szarkowski was the Director of Photography at New York's Museum of Modern Art...
John Szarkowski quotes about
geography
He photographed not so much geography as weather.
clouds fact landscapes light nature people
People don't think of landscapes as moving, but they do. The light changes, the clouds move, and that's what Adams' photography is really about -- about the fact that nature is not permanent.
good relative
When you look at a good Ansel Adams photograph, you think you know the temperature, the relative humidity, the month.
photography essence crafts
To quote out of context is the essence of the photographer's craft.
photographer photograph wells
A skillful photographer can photograph anything well.
photography photographer contests
Photography is a contest between a photographer and the presumptions of approximate and habitual seeing. The contest can be held anywhere ...
photography world impossible
Photography is the easiest thing in the world if one is willing to accept pictures that are flaccid, limp, bland, banal, indiscriminately informative, and pointless. But if one insists in a photograph that is both complex and vigorous it is almost impossible
photography lying simplicity
The simplicity of photography lies in the fact that it is very easy to make a picture. The staggering complexity of it lies in the fact that a thousand other pictures of the same subject would have been equally easy.
goal persuasive impeccable
The goal is not to make something factually impeccable, but seamlessly persuasive.
photography best-picture
The very best pictures adapt themselves to many changes in meaning.
photography sometimes existence
They were ... pure and unadulterated photographs, and sometimes they hinted at the existence of visual truths that had escaped all other systems of detection.
done photographer best-work
A photographer's best work is, alas, generally done for himself.
photography writing editing
Photography is a system of visual editing. At bottom, it is a matter of surrounding with a frame a portion of one's cone of vision, while standing in the right place at the right time. Like chess, or writing, it is a matter of choosing from among given possibilities, but in the case of photography the number of possibilities is not finite but infinite.
photography teacher luck
Luck is the attentive photographer's best teacher.