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Mario Giacomelli Quotes:

Mario Giacomelli quotes

Ocupation: Photographer

Life: August 1, 1925 - November 25, 2000

Birthday: August 1

Death: November 25

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Photography is not difficult - as long as you have something to say.

Topics: Photography, Long, Difficult

quote of course photography cannot create nor express all we want to express but it can be mario giacomelli Quotes

Nature is a mirror in which I am reflected, because by rescuing this land from sad devastation [through recreating it in photographs], I am in fact trying to save myself from my own inner sadness.

Topics: Sadness, Mirrors, Land

Of course [photography] cannot create, nor express all we want to express. But it can be a witness of our passage on earth, like a notebook.

Topics: Notebook, Photography, Earth

To be sure the landscape can't run away, and yet I always fear that it may. [Sometimes] I must set up my tripod, so I worry that the landscape may disappear the next second and I don't stop keeping an eye on it while I get prepared. Then, when pressing the shutter, I hold my breath. These moments are the greatest joys in my life, as if I were undressing the most beautiful woman in the world - that is, if she will allow herself be undressed. If the photo is a success, it means that she was willing. If not, it has been a lovely dream.

Topics: Beautiful, Running, Dream, Most Beautiful Woman In The World, Tripods

I try to photograph thoughts.

Topics: Trying, Photograph

I don't know about other people's cameras. Mine is a thing I had cobbled up, it holds together with tape and is always losing parts. All I need to set is the distance and that other thing - what do you call that other thing?

Topics: Distance, People, Together, Always Losing

There are situations that refuse to be photographed. But at other times nothing will stop me, because I know my pictures will not shout against anyone - only against time.

Topics: Situation, Refuse, Knows

[My mother] died a few months ago, and when she was dead I kissed her lips. For me it was a beautiful moment. From then on I started living with her, asking her from time to time if she was alright, if she was pleased with me. But these things are far greater than photography, and I probably shouldn't be speaking about them.

Topics: Beautiful, Photography, Mother, Beautiful Moments

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