摄影金句25则

本文摘自摄影札记，是一系列有关摄影的金句，笔者NOK试译做了中文。你最喜欢哪一句呢？

1. “Unless a picture shocks, it is nothing. “ by Marcel Duchamp

不震撼的照片毫无价值。

2. “In my view you cannot claim to have seen something until you have photographed it.” by Emile Zola

对我来说，拍不到照片，就不算看见。

3. “If I knew how to take a good photograph, I’d do it every time.” by Robert Doisneau

如果我知道怎样拍好照片，我就每次都做。

4. “If I have any ‘message’ worth giving to a beginner it is that there are no short cuts in photography.”by Edward Weston

如果我有任何值得给初学者的信息，那就是摄影并无捷径。

5. “Skill in photography is acquired by practice and not by purchase.” by Percy W. Harris

要得到摄影技术，是靠练习，而非付款。

6. “A good photographer must love life more than he does photography.” by Joel Strasser

一个好的摄影师必然热爱生命多於摄影。

7. “Don’t shoot what it looks like. Shoot what it feels like.” by David Alan Harvey

不是拍下你看到的，是拍下你感受到的。

8. “Of course it’s all luck.” by Henri Cartier-Bresson

没错，全然运气。

9. “Photography, like alcohol, should only be allowed to those who can do without it.” by Walter Sickert

摄影就像酒精，只有不上癮的人才有权接触。

10. “The camera’s only job is to get out of the way of making photographs.” by Ken Rockwell

相机的唯一工作，就是离开制作照片的过程。

11. “It’s one thing to make a picture of what a person looks like, it’s another thing to make a portrait of who they are.” by Paul Caponigro

拍摄出一个人的外貌是一回事，拍摄一个人是谁则为另一回事。

12. “You don’t take a photograph, you make it.” by Ansel Adams

你不是拍摄照片，你是制造照片。

13. “Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst.” by Henri Cartier-Bresson

你最初 10,000 张照片是你最差的作品。

14. “Beauty can be seen in all things, seeing and composing the beauty is what separates the snapshot from the photograph.” by Matt Hardy

美丽存在於万物，看见并发掘出美丽，就摄影不同於随拍的地方。

15. “Which of my photographs is my favorite? The one I’m going to take tomorrow.” by Imogen Cunningham

最喜爱的照片？我在明天拍摄的那张。

16. “I always thought good photos were like good jokes. If you have to explain it, it just isn’t that good.” by Anonymous

我认为好的照片就像好的笑话，如果你要解释说明它，那么它就是不够好。

17. “Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop.” by Ansel Adams

一年内有12张出色照片，已经是好收穫。

18. “It can be a trap of the photographer to think that his or her best pictures were the ones that were hardest to get.” by Timothy Allen

对摄影师的陷阱，就是以为最难拍到的照片就是优秀的照片。

19. “A picture is a secret about a secret, the more it tells you the less you know.” by Diane Arbus

一张照片的秘密就在於秘密，它说得越多，你知道得越少。

20. “I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers.” by Mahatma Gandhi

我相信众生平等，除了记者与摄影师。

21. “The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.” by Dorothea Lange

相机的功能，在於教导人们如何不用相机来看东西。

22. “There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.” by Ansel Adams

没有好照片的法则，只有好的照片。

23. “You 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.” by Joan Miró

你可以用整个星期看着一张照片，然后永不再想起；也可以用一秒看到一张照片，然后思考一生。

24. “For me, the subject of the picture is always more important than the picture.” by Diane Arbus

对我来说，照片里的主体永远比照片重要 。

25. “I am not a photographer , I am a canon owner !!!” by Walaa Walkademagmal

我不是摄影师，我只是 Canon (相机) 拥有者！

摄影发展多年，经典摄影师无数，还有非常多的精彩金句，如果你也有喜欢的，欢迎写下分享。