Monuments to photographers
Moscow, Russia. Monuments to photographers
Monuments to photographers
This post is a tribute to a noble profession of a photographer, with a collection of inspirational quotes and pictures of monuments to photographers and cameras in different cities and countries. The work of a photographer is not a simple thing, as somebody said – “Buying a Nikon doesn’t make you a photographer. It makes you a Nikon owner”.
Bas-relief of a photographer in Chelyabinsk, Russia
Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art. Ambrose Bierce
You don’t take a photograph. You ask, quietly, to borrow it. Author Unknown
There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer. Ansel Adams
The world just does not fit conveniently into the format of a 35mm camera. W. Eugene Smith
Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships. Ansel Adams
The camera can photograph thought. Dirk Bogarde
A good snapshot stops a moment from running away. Eudora Welty
The camera can photograph thought. Dirk Bogarde
There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs. Ansel Adams
No photographer is as good as the simplest camera. ~Edward Steichen
Every time someone tells me how sharp my photos are, I assume that it isn’t a very interesting photograph. If it were, they would have more to say.
Monuments to photographers
Cameraman monument in Moscow, Russia
When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence. Ansel Adams
My portraits are more about me than they are about the people I photograph. Richard Avedon
I hate cameras. They are so much more sure than I am about everything. John Steinbeck
If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn’t need to lug around a camera. Lewis Hine
Everyone has a photographic memory, but not everyone has film. ~Author Unknown
Photographs that transcend but do not deny their literal situation appeal to me. Sam Abbel
A picture is worth a thousand words; a slide show is both. ~Author Unknown
One photo out of focus is a mistake, ten photo out of focus are an experimentation, one hundred photo out of focus are a style. Author Unknown
St. Petersburg, Russia
Kutaisi, Georgia
Baden, Austria
Bratislava, Slovakia
Kharkov, Ukraine
With love, from Rekam
Statue of a photographer in Russia
Sochi, Russia
A family photographed, composition in Belgorod, Russia
Krasnogorsk, Russia
Palanga, Lithuania
Vancouver, Canada
Aachen, Germany
Abakan, Russia
Borjomi, Georgia
California, USA
Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Minsk, Belarus
Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Novosibirsk, Russia
Omsk, Russia
Perm, Russia
Santa Fe, USA
Tbilisi, Georgia
Monument to photographer in the U.S.
Ulyanovsk, Russia
Vancouver, Canada
Alexander Mironov as Mr. Festus from the movie ‘The Man from Boulevard des Capucines’, In Chelyabinsk, Russia
A cinematographer on ‘Walk of Fame’ in Hong Kong
Düsseldorf, Germany
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