WIST Quotations

Rogers, Will -- Column (1928-07-08), “Weekly Article: Where Are the Eyes of the World Now?” [No. 289]

Dave — Fri, 18 Jul 2025 20:20:35 +0000

Personally I think the Camera has done more harm for Politics than any other one faction. Everybody would rather get their picture than their ideas in the paper. What does the platform of a Political party amount to compared to the photography?

Will Rogers (1879-1935) American humorist
Column (1928-07-08), “Weekly Article: Where Are the Eyes of the World Now?” [No. 289]
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Adams, Ansel -- (Attributed)

Dave — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 06:44:48 +0000

The single most important component of a camera is the twelve inches behind it.

Ansel Adams (1902-1984) American photographer and environmentalist
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Evans, Harold -- Pictures on a Page (1978)

Dave — Mon, 01 Mar 2021 17:57:55 +0000

The camera cannot lie. But it can be an accessory to untruth.

Harold Evans (1928-2020) Anglo-American journalist, editor, writer
Pictures on a Page (1978)

Adams, Douglas -- Last Chance to See, ch. 4 (1990)

Dave — Mon, 10 Aug 2015 14:31:45 +0000

I’ve never understood all this fuss people make about the dawn. I’ve seen a few and they’re never as good as the photographs, which have the additional advantage of being things you can look at when you’re in the right frame of mind, which is usually around lunchtime.

Douglas Adams (1952-2001) English author, humorist, screenwriter
Last Chance to See, ch. 4 (1990)

Adams, Ansel -- Interview with David Sheff, Playboy (1 May 1983)

Dave — Fri, 19 Sep 2014 12:41:33 +0000

But, yes, people have asked why I don’t put people into my pictures of the natural scene. I respond, “There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.” That usually doesn’t go over at all.

Ansel Adams (1902-1984) American photographer and environmentalist
Interview with David Sheff, Playboy (1 May 1983)
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