Photography and the photographs we take are an integral part of our lives and our society today. They give us a way we look back and forward simultaneously.
Here at Good Life Photo Solutions, we have gathered some of our favorite inspiring quotes about photos and photography. Which speaks to you the most?
Are we missing your favorite? If so, please share it in the comments.
Photographs aren’t photographs if they are sitting in a drawer. ~ National Geographic
Photography is a form of time travel. ~ Neil DeGrasse Tyson
Taking pictures is savoring life intensely, every hundredth of a second. ~ Marc Riboud
What I like about photographs is that they capture a moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce. ~ Karl Lagerfeld
The best camera to have…is the one you have with you! ~ Unknown
A good snapshot keeps a moment from running away. ~ Eudora Welty
A picture is a poem without words. ~ Confucius
Every picture has a story to tell. ~ Unknown
I take the same picture twice. First with my heart then camera. ~ Biju Karakkonam
Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still. ~ Dorothea Lange
Photography is about capturing souls, not smiles. ~ Dragan Tapshanov
There are no bad pictures; that’s just how your face looks sometimes. ~ Unknown
Photos are perishable. Handle with care. ~ The Photo Managers
Life is like a camera. Just focus on what’s important, capture the good times, develop from the negatives and if things don’t turn out – take another shot. ~ Unknown
Take more pictures. Storage is unlimited. Memories are fleeting and Life is short. ~ Unknown
You should always be taking pictures, if not with a camera then with your mind. Memories you capture on purpose are always more vivid than the ones you pick up by accident. ~ Isaac Marion
A birth certificate proves you were born and a death certificate proves you died, but a photograph proves you lived. ~ Unknown
Images are like shortcuts to our brain and that is why visuals are so powerful. ~ Ekaterina Walter
This is what I like about photographs. They’re proof that once, even if just for a heartbeat, everything was perfect. ~ Jodi Picoult
A photograph can be an instant of life captured for eternity that will never cease looking back at you. ~ Brigitte Bardot
You don’t take a photograph. You ask quietly to borrow it. ~ Unknown
Taking pictures is like tiptoeing into the kitchen at night and stealing Oreo cookies. ~ Diane Arbus
We take photos as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone. ~ Katie Thurmes
Photography is a love affair with life. ~ Burk Uzzle
Photography is the art of making memories tangible. ~ Destin SparksAnybody can be a great photographer if they zoom in enough on what they love. ~ David BaileyThe whole point of taking pictures is so that you don’t have to explain things with words. ~ Elliott ErwittPhotography is a way of feeling of touching, of loving. What we have caught on film is captured forever…it remembers little things, long after we have forgotten everything. ~ Aaron SiskindPhotography is the story I fail to put into words. ~ Destin SparksA photo helps us remember to remember. ~ Bryan MossIf you see something that moves you, and then snap it, you keep a moment. ~ Linda McCartneyWhen you photograph people in color, you photograph their clothes. But when you photograph people in Black and white, you photograph their souls! ~ Ted GrantPhotography is a reality so subtle that it becomes more real than reality. ~ Alfred StieglitzIn order to remember, we have to access and interact with our photos, rather than just amass them. ~ Dr. Linda HenkelWhen words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence. ~ Ansel AdamsPhotographs: The most precious time machines we possess. ~ UnknownTaking an image, freezing a moment, reveals how rich reality truly is. ~ UnknownThey say a picture’s worth a thousand words, but with me it always ends up being well over a hundred thousand. ~ Luke TaylorYou can look at a picture for a week and never think of it again. You can also look at a picture for a second and think of it all your life. ~ Joan MiroThere are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs. ~ Ansel Adams
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I’m a quote collector and I LOVE your quotes. There are so many gems, but the top of the list is, “I take the same picture twice. First with my heart then camera.” I love taking photos. And having an iPhone makes picture taking so much easier. The issue can at times be that be if the picture-taking interrupts the actual enjoyment of experiencing. At times that might be true and when that happens, I usually opt to experience and not document. But most of the time, I’m able to do both- enjoy or sense what is around me and also have the presence of mind to stop to capture it.
Wow, so many great quotes! You’ve really got me thinking about photographs this morning:) I think the one from Eudora Welty is my favorite… keeping the moment from running away. I see what a treasure photographs can be for those whose memories are failing. I agree with Linda that I don’t want to “miss the moment” in order to capture the photo, but I know some people who really enjoy the moment more when they are photographing it. I’m lucky that my new son-in-law loves photography. Now I’ve sort of “outsourced” recording family memories to him:)
These are all great quotes that show the importance of photography and preseverving and organizing the photos that you take! I especially like the quote “We take photos as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone”.
I can’t pick just one. I have at least 5 favorites in this batch! But I also like another one, by YOU, Andi:
“Photos give us the power to love people from our past, our present, and our future.”
Hi, friends
In this collection my name mentioned in quote is not correct. Not Kiju Karakkonam, it is Biju Karakkonam. Please correct this this mistake noticed me by one of my followers in facebook.
Thanking you
Regards
Biju Karakkonam, nature and wildlife photographer
I’m a quote collector and I LOVE your quotes. There are so many gems, but the top of the list is, “I take the same picture twice. First with my heart then camera.” I love taking photos. And having an iPhone makes picture taking so much easier. The issue can at times be that be if the picture-taking interrupts the actual enjoyment of experiencing. At times that might be true and when that happens, I usually opt to experience and not document. But most of the time, I’m able to do both- enjoy or sense what is around me and also have the presence of mind to stop to capture it.
Some of these quotes are GREAT. Thanks for sharing. Several bring up memories for me and how precious capturing a moment in a photo can be.
Wow, so many great quotes! You’ve really got me thinking about photographs this morning:) I think the one from Eudora Welty is my favorite… keeping the moment from running away. I see what a treasure photographs can be for those whose memories are failing. I agree with Linda that I don’t want to “miss the moment” in order to capture the photo, but I know some people who really enjoy the moment more when they are photographing it. I’m lucky that my new son-in-law loves photography. Now I’ve sort of “outsourced” recording family memories to him:)
As a photographer, I really enjoyed both the photos and the quotes. Thank you!
I love photos with quotes on them and especially love to share them on Pinterest. Thanks. I will be sharing all of them. =)
These are all great quotes that show the importance of photography and preseverving and organizing the photos that you take! I especially like the quote “We take photos as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone”.
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I can’t pick just one. I have at least 5 favorites in this batch! But I also like another one, by YOU, Andi:
“Photos give us the power to love people from our past, our present, and our future.”
Thanks, Hazel! I guess I should add those to the list!
Hi, friends
In this collection my name mentioned in quote is not correct. Not Kiju Karakkonam, it is Biju Karakkonam. Please correct this this mistake noticed me by one of my followers in facebook.
Thanking you
Regards
Biju Karakkonam, nature and wildlife photographer
Thank you for pointing this out. I have corrected the mistake.
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