摄影的本质与意义
“If your pictures aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough.”
—— Robert Capa(罗伯特·卡帕)
「如果你的照片拍得不够好,那是因为你离得不够近。」
“A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know.”
—— Diane Arbus(黛安·阿勃丝)
「照片是一种关于秘密的秘密。它告诉你越多,你知道的反而越少。」
“Photography is the story I fail to put into words.”
—— Destin Sparks(德斯汀·斯帕克斯)
「摄影是我无法用语言讲述的故事。」
“You don’t take a photograph, you make it.”
—— Ansel Adams(安塞尔·亚当斯)
「你不是拍下照片,而是‘造’出一张照片。」
“The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.”
—— Dorothea Lange(多萝西娅·兰格)
「相机是一种教人们在没有相机时也能看见的工具。」
关于拍摄与观察
“To me, photography is an art of observation.”
—— Elliott Erwitt(艾略特·厄威特)
「对我而言,摄影是观察的艺术。」
“What makes photography a strange invention is that its primary raw materials are light and time.”
—— John Berger(约翰·伯格)
「摄影是一种奇妙的发明,因为它的原材料是光与时间。」
“A camera is a tool for learning how to see without a camera.”
—— Dorothea Lange(多萝西娅·兰格)
「相机是一种让你学会在没有相机时也能看见的工具。」
“The best camera is the one that’s with you.”
—— Chase Jarvis(切斯·贾维斯)
「最好的相机就是你随身带着的那一台。」
“Great photography is about depth of feeling, not depth of field.”
—— Peter Adams
「伟大的摄影是情感的深度,而不是景深的深度。」
关于创作与风格
“Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst.”
—— Henri Cartier-Bresson(亨利·卡蒂埃-布列松)
「你的前一万张照片,都是最糟糕的。」
“The only photographer you should compare yourself to is the one you used to be.”
—— Anonymous
「你唯一该与之比较的摄影师,是过去的自己。」
“Don’t shoot what it looks like. Shoot what it feels like.”
—— David Alan Harvey
「别拍出它看起来的样子,拍出它感觉起来的样子。」
“There is a creative fraction of a second when you are taking a picture.”
—— Henri Cartier-Bresson
「拍照时有一个创造性的瞬间,你必须敏锐地捕捉它。」
“Photography helps people to see.”
—— Berenice Abbott(贝蕾妮丝·阿博特)
「摄影帮助人们去看见。」
关于人与世界的连接
“Taking pictures is savoring life intensely, every hundredth of a second.”
—— Marc Riboud(马克·吕布)
「拍照是在密集地品味生活的每一百分之一秒。」
“Photography is the only language that can be understood anywhere in the world.”
—— Bruno Barbey(布鲁诺·巴贝)
「摄影是一种全世界都能理解的语言。」
“I am not interested in shooting new things—I am interested to see things new.”
—— Ernst Haas(恩斯特·哈斯)
「我不在乎拍新东西,我在意的是用新的方式看世界。」
“Photographs open doors into the past, but they also allow a look into the future.”
—— Sally Mann(莎莉·曼)
「照片开启了通往过去的大门,也让我们得以窥见未来。」
“The whole point of taking pictures is so that you don’t have to explain things with words.”
—— Elliott Erwitt
「拍照的意义在于,你不必再用语言去解释那些事物。」
来源:摄影师苏冰