Berenice Abbott: Photography

Berenice Abbott was American photographer. Explore interesting quotes on photography.
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“Photography helps people to see.”

Berenice Abbott
People , Help

“I believe there is no more creative medium than photography to recreate the living world of our time. Photography gladly accepts the challenge because it is at home in its element: namely, realism—real life—the now.”

Berenice Abbott

"Photography at the Crossroads," 1951.

Life , World , Home , Time

“People say they have to express their emotions. I’m sick of that. Photography doesn’t teach you how to express your emotions; it teaches you how to see.”

Berenice Abbott

Art News, January 1981.

People

“Photography can never grow up if it imitates some other medium. It has to walk alone; it has to be itself.”

Berenice Abbott

"It Has to Walk Alone," Infinity magazine, 1951.