What we need of equipment is this: let it possess as good a structure as the real-life content that surrounds us. We need more simplifications to free us for seeing.
Berenice AbbottLike every other means of expression, photography, if it is to be utterly honest and direct, should be related to the life of the times - the pulse of today.
Berenice AbbottPictures are wasted unless the motive power which impelled you to action is strong and stirring.
Berenice AbbottWhat the human eye observes casually and incuriously, the eye of the camera (the lens) notes with relentless fidelity.
Berenice Abbott