World Photography Day 2020: Inspirational Quotes For Photographers

World Photography Day is observed annually Aug. 19 with an aim to inspire people across the world to discuss about the art form, which has the potential to evoke emotions without using words.

The day originated in 1837 with the invention of daguerreotype, a photographic process. Since then, people have been using this day as an opportunity to encourage others to pursue photography as a hobby or career.

"A photograph has the ability to capture a place; an experience; an idea; a moment in time. For this reason, it's said that a picture is worth a thousand words. Photographs can convey a feeling faster than, and sometimes even more effectively than words can. A photograph can make the viewer see the world the way the photographer sees it," the official website of World Photography Day states.

Here are some inspirational quotes for photographers, courtesy Peta Pixel –

• "When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence." — Ansel Adams
• "We are making photographs to understand what our lives mean to us." — Ralph Hattersley
• "Photography for me is not looking, it’s feeling. If you can’t feel what you’re looking at, then you’re never going to get others to feel anything when they look at your pictures."— Don McCullin
• "A portrait is not made in the camera but on either side of it."— Edward Steichen
• "The best thing about a picture is that it never changes, even when the people in it do." — Andy Warhol
• "Taking pictures is like tiptoeing into the kitchen late at night and stealing Oreo cookies."— Diane Arbus
• "There is one thing the photograph must contain, the humanity of the moment.”— Robert Frank
• "Taking an image, freezing a moment, reveals how rich reality truly is."— Anonymous
• "If the photographer is interested in the people in front of his lens, and if he is compassionate, it’s already a lot. The instrument is not the camera but the photographer."— Eve Arnold
• "A tear contains an ocean. A photographer is aware of the tiny moments in a persons life that reveal greater truths."— Anonymous