Andre Kertesz Quotes

I really believe there are things nobody would see if I didn't photograph them.

What I find most satisfying about photography is the way in which it allows me to document 'reality' while at the same time creating my own version thereof; in other words, the reality I present is a reality based upon what I choose to include in the frame and what I choose to leave out.

Photography has always been a major part of my vision: my excuse for meddling with what the world looks like.

When a moment in front of me appears to be particularly special, whether it be by beauty or experience, I capture it. I usually find a reason to justify taking that photo - symmetry, or color, or contrast - and it's my hope that my photography sheds light onto what I see and do on a daily basis.

My pictures are my eyes. I photograph what I see - and what I want to see.

If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn't need to lug around a camera.

I wish more people felt that photography was an adventure the same as life itself and felt that their individual feelings were worth expressing. To me, that makes photography more exciting.

I always thought of photography as a naughty thing to do - that was one of my favorite things about it, and when I first did it, I felt very perverse.

I liked the idea of being a photographer, just that you take this one picture of this one thing that'll never happen again - it's a bit weird when you think about it.

Photography is a small voice, at best, but sometimes one photograph, or a group of them, can lure our sense of awareness.

Like most photographers, I try to capture a moment in my work.

I always knew I belonged on the other side of the lens.

Photography is about finding out what can happen in the frame. When you put four edges around some facts, you change those facts.

All I need is a camera and I'll make things happen.

Literally, FX is like, 'How can we foster your vision?' My vision is pretty much taking pictures of the way I see my life.

Everything I choose to photograph, I think is beautiful.

I think I may just enjoy being behind the camera as much as I like being in front of it.

My inspiration has always been photography's ability to stop time and reveal what the naked eye cannot see.

If you're a photographer, you end up being the raw creative force that allows other people to see what kind of narrative you want to be giving or what kind of art that you want people to see.

The camera can be a machine gun, a warm kiss, a sketchbook. Shooting a camera is like saying, Yes, yes, yes. There is no maybe. All the maybes should go in the trash.

I do believe strongly in photography and hope by following it intuitively that when the photographs are looked at they will touch the spirit in people.

Often people ask what I'm photographing, which is a hard question to answer. And the best what I've come up with is I just say: Life today.

I like to work my camera as if it were a musical instrument.

I've always thought of the book as a visual art form, and it should represent a single artistic idea, which it does if you write your own material.

I went into photography because it seemed like the perfect vehicle for commenting on the madness of today's existence.