Taking Pictures Quotes

“With the selfies, a photographer has finally found his place in a photograph.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“A selfie has more face and fewer feelings.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“When you take the picture of the people, you take the picture of the whole stories of their past because every person is nothing but a combination of their entire past stories!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“Hauptmann Khôi: – Haben Sie gesehen? Echt übel, so ein Krieg gegen Aufständische, was?! Okay, in zwei Stunden stehen Sie unter der Dusche… Dann ziehen Sie einen durch oder legen eine kleine vietnamesische Hure flach, und am Ende finden Sie diesen Krieg geil… … Bei ihrem nächsten Besuch werden Sie Fotos machen, die Sie sich heute nicht getraut haben. Und wir werden das zulassen. Und mit Ihren Fotos werden Sie uns großes Unrecht antun. Aber das unterscheidet uns von denen auf der anderen Seite.”
― Marcelino Truong, Such a Lovely Little War: Saigon 1961-63

“How about a picture?" he said, winding on the spool of film. "A little memento of your seaside rendezvous, Miss Smitham?" She perked up, just as he'd hoped she would- Dolly loved having her photograph taken- and Jimmy glanced about for the sun's position. He walked to the far side of the small field in which they'd had their picnic.
Dolly had pushed herself up to a sitting position and was stretching like a cat. "Like this?" she said. Her cheeks were flushed from the sun, her bow lips plump and red from the strawberries he'd bought at a roadside stall.
"Perfect," he said, and she really was.”
― Kate Morton, The Secret Keeper