Marc Riboud quotes
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“Taking pictures is savoring life intensely, every hundredth of a second.”
-- Marc Riboud#Inspirational Quotes #Taking Pictures Quotes #Savoring Quotes
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“Photography cannot change the world, but it can show the world, especially when it changes.”
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“Rather than a profession, photography has always been a passion for me, a passion closer to an obsession.”
-- Marc RiboudSource : Interview with Jonathan Blaustein, aphotoeditor.com. September 23, 2013.
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“I'm often asked: Did you get what you wanted? But how should I know what I wanted? A photo is an encounter, a surprise.”
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“Photography is about savoring life at 1/100th of a second.”
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“The eye is made to see and not to think.... A good photograph is a surprise. How could we plan and foresee a surprise? We just have to be ready.”
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“For me photography is not an intellectual process. It is a visual one.... Whether we like it or not, we are involved in a sensual business.”
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“The idea of photography as evidence is pure bullshit. A photo is no more proof of any reality than what you may hear being said by someone in a bus. We only record details, small fragments of the world.”
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“Choice or freedom of choice is just an existential concern. But for photographers, it's a lifetime's preoccupation.”
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“Doubt always hovers nearby, but I take photographs the way a musician hums. Looking is like breathing. So when luck turns my way and offers me a good picture, joy is surely nigh.”
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“My first reaction at the very idea of this interview was to refuse to talk about photography. Why dissect and comment a process that is essentially a spontaneous reaction to a surprise?”
-- Marc Riboud
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