The camera is no more an instrument of preservation, the image is.
More Quotes from Berenice Abbott:
I took to photography like a duck to water. I never wanted to do anything else. Excitement about the subject is the voltage which pushes me over the mountain of drudgery necessary to produce the final photograph.Berenice Abbott
Photography can never grow up if it imitates some other medium. It has to walk alone; it has to be itself.
Berenice Abbott
I am so fascinated with this century it will help keep me alive. I'll be there until the last minute, fighting.
Berenice Abbott
Photography helps people to see.
Berenice Abbott
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.
Berenice Abbott
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