इंसान जहाँ और जिस तरह रहता है, उसका उस पर असर पड़ता है।
Anybody is influenced by where and how he lives.
Anybody is influenced by where and how he lives.
एक महिला ने बैठने के बाद मुझसे कहा, "आप मेरे चेहरे की गलत तरफ से तस्वीर ले रहे हैं।" मैंने कहा, "ओह, क्या चेहरे की भी कोई गलत तरफ होती है?"
A woman said to me when she first sat down, You're photographing the wrong side of my face. I said, Oh, is there one?
A woman said to me when she first sat down, You're photographing the wrong side of my face. I said, Oh, is there one?
जनता के लिए जो भी काम करता है, उसकी आलोचना हो सकती है। हमेशा कोई न कोई ऐसा मिल ही जाता है जिसे वह पसंद नहीं आता।
Everybody who does anything for the public can be criticized. There's always someone who doesn't like it.
Everybody who does anything for the public can be criticized. There's always someone who doesn't like it.
मैं दुनिया से प्यार नहीं करता। मुझे लगता है कि बृहस्पति ग्रह को हमसे टकरा जाना चाहिए था।
I don't love the world. I think Jupiter should have hit us.
I don't love the world. I think Jupiter should have hit us.
मैं सफलता के बारे में बात नहीं करता। मैं नहीं जानता कि यह क्या है। मेरे मरने तक का इंतज़ार करो।
I don't talk about success. I don't know what it is. Wait until I'm dead.
I don't talk about success. I don't know what it is. Wait until I'm dead.
मुझे नहीं लगता कि लोगों को फोटोग्राफी सिखाया जा सकता है, सिवाय इसके कि उन्हें थोड़ा बहुत प्रभावित किया जाए। लोगों को खुद ही सीखना होता है। उनमें एक तय हुनर होना चाहिए।
I don't think there's any such thing as teaching people photography, other than influencing them a little. People have to be their own learners. They have to have a certain talent.
I don't think there's any such thing as teaching people photography, other than influencing them a little. People have to be their own learners. They have to have a certain talent.
मैं सिर्फ काम करने में विश्वास रखता हूँ। मैं अपने नजरिए को रोमांटिक तरीके से समझाने वालों में से नहीं हूँ।
I just believe in working. I'm not one of those romantic explainers of my own individual point of view.
I just believe in working. I'm not one of those romantic explainers of my own individual point of view.
मैं कभी भी फोटोग्राफरों को रचनात्मक और गैर-रचनात्मक में नहीं बांटता, मैं उन्हें बस फोटोग्राफर कहता हूँ। रचनात्मक आखिर कौन है? आपको कैसे पता चलेगा कि कौन रचनात्मक है और कौन नहीं?
I never divide photographers into creative and uncreative, I just call them photographers. Who is creative? How do you know who is creative or not?
I never divide photographers into creative and uncreative, I just call them photographers. Who is creative? How do you know who is creative or not?
मैंने छात्रों से कहा कि वे कक्षा में जो कुछ भी करते हैं, वह सिर्फ कचरे के डिब्बे में फेंकने के लिए है।
I told the students that whatever they did in class was for the wastebasket.
I told the students that whatever they did in class was for the wastebasket.
गंभीर बीमारी से जूझ रहे लोगों को जबरन जीवित रखना बेवकूफी है।
It's silly to keep people alive who have a terrible disease.
It's silly to keep people alive who have a terrible disease.
मैं लोगों को भगवान न बनाकर उन्हें इंसान बना देता हूँ।
I turn people into human beings by not making them into gods.
I turn people into human beings by not making them into gods.
मुझे हॉलीवुड की तस्वीरें खींचने के लिए बुलाया गया। उन्होंने मुझसे पूछा कि मैं क्या खींचना चाहता हूँ। मैंने कहा, "बदصورت आदमियों की।"
I was invited to photograph Hollywood. They asked me what I would like to photograph. I said, Ugly men.
I was invited to photograph Hollywood. They asked me what I would like to photograph. I said, Ugly men.
मैं बहुत महत्वाकांक्षी नहीं था। मुझे लगता है कि यही सफलता का राज़ है। मैंने चीज़ों को वैसे ही स्वीकार किया जैसे वे सामने आईं। मैं यह तो नहीं कहूँगा कि मुझे कोई समस्या नहीं थी, लेकिन मैंने उनकी परवाह नहीं की। मुझे ऐसा नहीं लगता था कि मैं कुछ फोटोग्राफर लोगों की तरह फोटोग्राफी करके दुनिया बचाने जा रहा हूँ। मैं बस इसे करने में मज़ा ले रहा था, और इसलिए मुझे जो भी तस्वीर खींचनी पड़ी, मैंने उसमें हमेशा मज़ा ही पाया।
I wasn't very ambitious. I think that's the solution. I just took things as they came. I wouldn't say I didn't have any problem, but I didn't care. I didn't think I was going to save the world by doing photography as some of these people do. I was just having a good time doing it, and so I still had a good time no matter what I had to photograph.
I wasn't very ambitious. I think that's the solution. I just took things as they came. I wouldn't say I didn't have any problem, but I didn't care. I didn't think I was going to save the world by doing photography as some of these people do. I was just having a good time doing it, and so I still had a good time no matter what I had to photograph.
मैं गरीब था। जब आप गरीब होते हैं तो मेहनत करते हैं, और जब आप अमीर होते हैं तो उम्मीद करते हैं कि कोई आपको थाली में परोस कर सब कुछ दे देगा। इसलिए मुझे लगता है कि थोड़ा गरीब होना इंसानों के लिए बहुत अच्छा होता है।
I was poor. When you're poor you work, and when you're rich you expect somebody to hand it to you. So I think being reasonably poor is very good for people.
I was poor. When you're poor you work, and when you're rich you expect somebody to hand it to you. So I think being reasonably poor is very good for people.
हम में से कोई भी सही चेहरे के साथ पैदा नहीं होता। एक पोर्ट्रेट फोटोग्राफर होना एक मुश्किल काम है।
None of us is born with the right face. It’s a tough job being a portrait photographer.
None of us is born with the right face. It’s a tough job being a portrait photographer.
बहुत से लोग खुद से इतनी नफरत करते हैं कि उन्हें अपनी तस्वीर का कोई भी रूप पसंद नहीं आता। हम में से कोई भी सही चेहरे के साथ पैदा नहीं होता। एक पोर्ट्रेट फोटोग्राफर होना एक मुश्किल काम है।
So many people dislike themselves so thoroughly that they never see any reproduction of themselves that suits. None of us is born with the right face. It’s a tough job being a portrait photographer.
So many people dislike themselves so thoroughly that they never see any reproduction of themselves that suits. None of us is born with the right face. It’s a tough job being a portrait photographer.
कुछ लोग मुझसे कहते हैं, "क्या यह बुरी बात नहीं है कि लोगों ने आपको इतनी देर से पहचाना?" मैंने कभी ऐसा नहीं सोचा।
Some people say to me, Isn't it too bad that people discovered you so late? I never thought that.
Some people say to me, Isn't it too bad that people discovered you so late? I never thought that.
मान लीजिए कार्टियर-ब्रेसर ने उस आदमी से जो कीचड़ पर कूदा था, दोबारा वैसा करने को कहा होता—तो वह बात कभी नहीं आ पाती। तस्वीरें चुराना शुरू करो!
Suppose Cartier-Bresson asked the man who jumped the puddle to do it again --- it never would have been the same. Start stealing!
Suppose Cartier-Bresson asked the man who jumped the puddle to do it again --- it never would have been the same. Start stealing!
फोटोग्राफी में अच्छा काम करने का फॉर्मूला एक कवि की तरह सोचना है।
The formula for doing a good job in photography is to think like a poet.
The formula for doing a good job in photography is to think like a poet.
कुछ ऐसी बातें होती हैं जिन पर आप एंसेल के साथ बहस नहीं करते, खासकर तब जब आप उनकी बात से सहमत न हों।
There are certain things you don't discuss with Ansel, especially if you don't agree.
There are certain things you don't discuss with Ansel, especially if you don't agree.
...आज बहुत से लोग [फोटोग्राफी] की पढ़ाई कर रहे हैं जो कभी सफल नहीं हो पाएंगे। आप उन्हें सफल होने का कोई फॉर्मूला नहीं दे सकते। यह हुनर आपके अंदर होना चाहिए, इसे सीखा नहीं जा सकता। देखने वाली आँख ही सबसे महत्वपूर्ण चीज़ है।
...There are too many people studying it [photography] now who are never going to make it. You can't give them a formula for making it. You have to have it in you first, you don't learn it. The seeing eye is the important thing.
...There are too many people studying it [photography] now who are never going to make it. You can't give them a formula for making it. You have to have it in you first, you don't learn it. The seeing eye is the important thing.
पोर्ट्रेट कला की सबसे दिलचस्प बात यह है कि कोई भी इंसान दूसरे जैसा नहीं होता।
The thing that's fascinating about portraiture is that nobody is alike.
The thing that's fascinating about portraiture is that nobody is alike.
मेरी सबसे अच्छी तस्वीर कौन सी है? वह जिसे मैं कल खींचूँगा।
Which is my best picture? The one I will do tomorrow.
Which is my best picture? The one I will do tomorrow.
मेरी कौन सी तस्वीर मेरी पसंदीदा है? वह जिसे मैं कल लेने वाला हूँ।
Which of my photographs is my favorite? The one I'm going to take tomorrow.
Which of my photographs is my favorite? The one I'm going to take tomorrow.
देखिए, कोई भी डॉक्यूमेंट्री कभी-कभार ही दिलचस्प लगती है। अगर आप डोरोथिया [लैंग] की पूरी किताब को देखें जिसमें गाजर खोदते हुए झुके हुए लोगों की कतारें ही कतारें हैं - तो वह बहुत उबाऊ हो सकता है। इसलिए कभी-कभार ही कुछ ऐसा होता है जो देखने लायक होता है।
You know, a documentary is only interesting once in a while. If you look at a whole book of Dorothea [Lange]'s where she has row after row of people bending over and digging out carrots - that can be very tedious. And so it's only once in a while that something happens that is worth doing.
You know, a documentary is only interesting once in a while. If you look at a whole book of Dorothea [Lange]'s where she has row after row of people bending over and digging out carrots - that can be very tedious. And so it's only once in a while that something happens that is worth doing.