這裏是一系列有關攝影的金句，我還試譯做中文看看如何，當作練習，詮釋得不好的話大家不妨指正，謝謝。你最喜歡哪一句呢？

1. “Unless a picture shocks, it is nothing. ” by Marcel Duchamp
「不震撼的照片毫無價值。」

2. “In my view you cannot claim to have seen something until you have photographed it.” by Emile Zola
「對我來說，拍不到照片，就不算看見。」

3. “If I knew how to take a good photograph, I’d do it every time.” by Robert Doisneau
「如果我知道怎樣拍好照片，我就每次都做。」

4. “If I have any ‘message’ worth giving to a beginner it is that there are no short cuts in photography.”by Edward Weston
「如果我有任何值得給初學者的信息，那就是攝影並無捷徑。」

5. “Skill in photography is acquired by practice and not by purchase.” by Percy W. Harris
「要得到攝影技術，是靠練習，而非付款。」

6. “A good photographer must love life more than he does photography.” by Joel Strasser
「一個好的攝影師必然熱愛生命多於攝影。」

7. “Don’t shoot what it looks like. Shoot what it feels like.” by David Alan Harvey
「不是拍下你看到的，是拍下你感受到的。」

8. “Of course it’s all luck.” by Henri Cartier-Bresson
「沒錯，全然運氣。」

9. “Photography, like alcohol, should only be allowed to those who can do without it.” by Walter Sickert
「攝影就像酒精，只有不上癮的人才有權接觸。」

10. “The camera’s only job is to get out of the way of making photographs.” by Ken Rockwell
「相機的唯一工作，就是離開製作照片的過程。」

11. “It’s one thing to make a picture of what a person looks like, it’s another thing to make a portrait of who they are.” by Paul Caponigro
「拍攝出一個人的外貌是一回事，拍攝一個人是誰則為另一回事。」

12. “You don’t take a photograph, you make it.” by Ansel Adams
「你不是拍攝照片，你是製造照片。」

13. “Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst.” by Henri Cartier-Bresson
「你最初 10,000 張照片是你最差的作品。」

14. “Beauty can be seen in all things, seeing and composing the beauty is what separates the snapshot from the photograph.” by Matt Hardy
「美麗存在於萬物，看見並發掘出美麗，就攝影不同於隨拍的地方。」

15. “Which of my photographs is my favorite? The one I’m going to take tomorrow.” by Imogen Cunningham
「最喜愛的照片？我在明天拍攝的那張。」

16. “I always thought good photos were like good jokes. If you have to explain it, it just isn’t that good.” by Anonymous
「 我認為好的照片就像好的笑話，如果你要解釋說明它，那麼它就是不夠好。」

17. “Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop.” by Ansel Adams
「 一年內有12張出色照片，已經是好收穫。」

18. “It can be a trap of the photographer to think that his or her best pictures were the ones that were hardest to get.” by Timothy Allen
「對攝影師的陷阱，就是以為最難拍到的照片就是最好的照片。」

19. “A picture is a secret about a secret, the more it tells you the less you know.” by Diane Arbus
「 一張照片的秘密就在於秘密，它說得越多，你知道得越少。」

20. “I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers.” by Mahatma Gandhi
「我相信眾生平等，除了記者與攝影師。」

21.  “The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.” by Dorothea Lange
「相機的功能，在於教導人們如何不用相機來看東西。」

22. “There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.” by Ansel Adams
「沒有好照片的法則，只有好的照片。」

23. “You can look at a picture for a week and never think of it again. You can also look at a picture for a second and think of it all your life.” by Joan Miró
「你可以用整個星期看著一張照片，然後永不再想起；也可以用一秒看到一張照片，然後思考一生。」

24. “For me, the subject of the picture is always more important than the picture.” by Diane Arbus
「對我來說，照片裏的主體永遠比照片重要 。」

25. “I am not a photographer , I am a canon owner !!!” by Walaa Walkademagmal
「我不是攝影師，我只是 Canon (相機) 擁有者！」

攝影發展多年，經典攝影師無數，還有非常多的精彩金句，如果你也有喜歡的，歡迎寫下分享。

參考資料︰

Digital Photography School

Pixiq

Goodreads