Cornell Capa quotes
-
“The idea that any photography can't be personal is madness! I see something; it goes through my eye, brain, heart, guts; I choose the subject. What could be more personal than that?”
-- Cornell Capa -
“One thing that Life and I agreed right from the start was that one war photographer was enough for my family; I was to be a photographer of peace.”
-- Cornell Capa -
“Photography has the capacity to provide images of man and his environment that are both works of art and moments in history.”
-- Cornell Capa -
“The Concerned Photographer produces images in which genuine human feeling predominates over commercial cynicism or disinterested formalism.”
-- Cornell Capa -
-
“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 CapaSource : "Photographs". Book by Cornell Capa, www.theguardian.com. 1992.
-
“With all the arguments and discussions about the Vietnam War, what did the visual image do? It ended the war.”
-- Cornell Capa -
“The camera is an extension of yourself... Your story treatment may be subjective, but it is important to remain objective as to truth.”
-- Cornell Capa -
“Images at their passionate and truthful best are as powerful as words can ever be. If they alone cannot bring change, they can at least provide and understanding mirror of man's actions, thereby sharpening human awareness and awakening conscience.”
-- Cornell Capa -
-
Source : Aaron Siskind, Maricia Battle, Ann Banks, Federal Writers' Project, National Museum of American Art (U.S.) (1990). “Harlem photographs, 1932-1940”, Smithsonian Inst Pr
-
Source : Aaron Siskind, Henry Holmes Smith, Thomas B. Hess (1965). “Aaron Siskind, photographer”
-
Source : A. B. Simpson (2010). “When God Steps In: Divine Resources for Life's Situations”, p.4, Moody Publishers
-
Source : A. Lee Martinez (2006). “Gil's All Fright Diner”, p.277, Macmillan
-
Source : Source: www.etonline.com
You may also like:
-
Andre Kertesz
Photographer -
Ansel Adams
Photographer -
Arnold Newman
Photographer -
Dorothea Lange
Photographer -
Elliott Erwitt
Photographer -
Ernst Haas
Photographer -
Eve Arnold
Photographer -
George Rodger
Photographer -
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Photographer -
Inge Morath
Photographer -
Martine Franck
Photographer -
Rene Burri
Photographer -
Robert Capa
Photographer -
Robert Doisneau
Photographer -
Roman Vishniac
Photographer -
Susan Meiselas
Photographer -
W. Eugene Smith
Photographer -
Werner Bischof
Photographer -
Micha Bar-Am
Journalist