Photo Quotes ArchiveQuotes by David Hurn (14 quotes)
"There are many forms of photography. I consider myself simply a recorder of that which I find of interest around me. I personally have no desire to create or stage direct ideas."
"Life as it unfolds in front of the camera is full of so much complexity, wonder and surprise that I find it unnecessary to create new realities. There is more pleasure, for me, in things as-they-are."
"The destination of the photograph is to reveal what something or somebody looked like, under a particular set of conditions, at a particular moment in time, and to transmit the results to others."
"There is an analogy which I like to use: When I landscaped my garden I needed to plant trees. I could have obtained an instant tree by collecting an assortment of trunks, branches, twigs and leaves and assembling the bits. But the tree would be dead; it would never grow into something else. So the starting point was a sapling which, by careful nurturing, and a good deal of patience, will grow into a tree, often into a form which could not have been predicted. It seems to me that it is the same with a body of work, of any merit, in photography. The greatest scope for deep-rooted, organic growth begins with the simplest of premises: the direct visual encounter with a selected subject."
"I'm a photographer, obviously. My chosen tool for understanding life, and communicating the results of this search to others, is the camera."
Source: Hurn, David and Jay, Bill. On Being a Photographer: A Practical Guide, Page 37.
Photography > Photographer Quote #599
"My advice is: learn from the best or teach yourself. And do not bother at all if you do not have an exaggerated sense of curiosity."
Source: Hurn, David and Jay, Bill. On Being a Photographer: A Practical Guide, Page 15
Photography > Photographer Quote #600
"This idea fascinates me. The idea that a few seconds of watching a photographer in action can tell you his/her status in the medium. And it's true. If you watch a photographer of merit working an event he/she does not look like an amateur..."
Source: Hurn, David and Jay, Bill. On Being a Photographer: A Practical Guide, Page 27.
Photography > Photographer Quote #601
"...one day I was speculating on how I would like to look back on life and I decided I wanted to feel that I was a photographer rather than a teacher. As simple as that."
Source: Hurn, David and Jay, Bill. On Being a Photographer: A Practical Guide, Page 31.
Photography > Photographer Quote #602
"Learn from the best; the second raters have nothing to offer."
Source: Hurn, David and Jay, Bill. On Being a Photographer: A Practical Guide, Page 33.
Photography > Technique Quote #603
"It is the purpose of life that each of us strives to become actually what he or she is potentially. Each photographer, then, should be obsessed with stretching towards that goal through an understanding of others and the world we inhabit. When that happens, the results, like photographs, are really the expressions of the life of the maker."
Source: Hurn, David and Jay, Bill. On Being a Photographer: A Practical Guide, Page 34
Photography > Photographer Quote #605
"In previous ages the word 'art' was used to cover all forms of human skill. The Greeks believed that these skills were given by the gods to man for the purpose of improving the condition of life. In a real sense, photography has fulfilled the Greek ideal of art; it should not only improve the photographer, but also improve the world."
Source: Hurn, David and Jay, Bill. On Being a Photographer: A Practical Guide, Page 36.
Photography > General Quote #607
"I never claim my photographs reveal some definitive truth. I claim that this is what I saw and felt about the subject at the time the pictures were made. That's all that any photographer can claim. I do not know any great photographer who would presume otherwise."
Source: Hurn, David and Jay, Bill. On Being a Photographer: A Practical Guide, Page 42
Photography > Photographer Quote #608
"I think of myself as a reportage photographer. I like the word. It implies a personal account of an observed event with connotations of subjectivity but honesty. It is eye-witness photography."
Source: Hurn, David and Jay, Bill. On Being a Photographer: A Practical Guide, Page 43.
Photography > Photographer Quote #609
"You are not a photographer because you are interested in photography."
Source: Hurn, David and Jay, Bill. On Being a Photographer: A Practical Guide, Page 47.
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