Halsman Photographer Quotes & Sayings

Herein lies the main objective of portraiture and also its main difficulty. The photographer probes for the innermost. The lens sees only the surface ... — Philippe Halsman

The head of the photographer is more important than his camera — Philippe Halsman

... people, who always look for what they don't have, don't see what they have and dream of what they don't really need. — Ani Chibukhchyan

Most people stiffen with self-consciousness when they pose for a photograph. Lighting and fine camera equipment are useless if the photographer cannot make them drop the mask, at least for a moment, so he can capture on his film their real, undistorted personality and character. — Philippe Halsman

Choosing to be miserable is an option, but not one I recommend. — Darren Johnson

I have a condition called Menieres disease which is a problem with fluid retention in the inner ear. It has four symptoms: ringing in the ear, pressure in the ear, fluctuating hearing loss, and attacks of vertigo. — Katie Leclerc

I rent a small brick bungalow within a loop of other small brick bungalows, all of which squat on a massive bluff overlooking the former stockyards of Kansas City. Kansas City, Missouri, not Kansas City, Kansas. There's a difference. — Gillian Flynn

The immortal photographers will be straightforward photographers, those who do not rely on tricks or special techniques. — Philippe Halsman

No photographer should be blamed when, instead of capturing reality, he tries to show things he has seen only in his imagination. Photography is the youngest art form. All attempts to enlarge its frontiers are important and should be encouraged. — Philippe Halsman

There are an infinite number of ways to be moved in the theater. — Martha Plimpton

To try to write a grand cosmical drama leads necessarily to myth. To try to let knowledge substitute ignorance in increasingly larger regions of space and time is science. — Hannes Alfven

He knew, unlike most reporters, how to use pauses and the absence of words as effectively as the words themselves. — David Halberstam