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Berenice Abbott Quotes
Page 1 of 1Berenice Abbott
July 17, 1898 - December 9, 1991
Nationality: American
Category: Photographer
Subcategory: American Photographer
|  Photography can never grow up if it imitates some other medium. It has to walk alone; it has to be itself. | | Does not the very word 'creative' mean to build, to initiate, to give out, to act - rather than to be acted upon, to be subjective? Living photography is positive in its approach, it sings a song of life - not death. | | The challenge for me has first been to see things as they are, whether a portrait, a city street, or a bouncing ball. In a word, I have tried to be objective. | | Photography can only represent the present. Once photographed, the subject becomes part of the past. | | I didn't decide to be a photographer; I just happened to fall into it. | | The camera is no more an instrument of preservation, the image is. | | There are many teachers who could ruin you. Before you know it you could be a pale copy of this teacher or that teacher. You have to evolve on your own. | | Photography helps people to see. |
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