You scientists are the worst photographers in the world and you need the best photographers in the world and I'm the one to do it.
Berenice AbbottAbstraction in photography is ridiculous, and is only an imitation of painting. We stopped imitating painters a hundred years ago, so to imitate them in this day and age is laughable.
Berenice AbbottDoes 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.
Berenice AbbottI am so fascinated with this century it will help keep me alive. I'll be there until the last minute, fighting.
Berenice AbbottI wanted to combine science and photography in a sensible, unemotional way. Some peopleโs ideas of scientific photography is just arty design, something pretty. That was not the idea. The idea was to interpret science sensibly, with good proportion, good balance and good lighting, so we could understand it.
Berenice Abbott