Photography can never grow up if it imitates some other medium. It has to walk alone; it has to be itself. -Berenice Abbott

 

Photography can never grow up if it imitates some other medium. It has to walk alone; it has to be itself.


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This quote is just one of 9 total Berenice Abbott quotes in our collection. Berenice Abbott is known for saying 'Photography can never grow up if it imitates some other medium. It has to walk alone; it has to be itself.' as well as some of the following quotes.

Photography can only represent the present. Once photographed, the subject becomes part of the past.

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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.

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Photography can never grow up if it imitates some other medium. It has to walk alone; it has to be itself.

Berenice Abbott