Top 3 Quotes & Sayings by Hiroshi Hamaya

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Japanese photographer Hiroshi Hamaya.

Last updated on December 22, 2024.

Hiroshi Hamaya was a Japanese photographer active from 1935 to 1999. In particular, Hamaya was known for his photographs of rural Japan.

Japanese - Photographer | March 28, 1915 - March 6, 1999

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For years my only purpose was to do documentary photos for magazines, without any idea that they were part of a larger project. It was as if I were carried along by a stream - even though I believed that the current was taking me in the right direction.

Hiroshi Hamaya

I like the idea that my work isn't intended only for the Earth, but for the entire Universe.

Hiroshi Hamaya

The subject I liked best was painting, but the teachers didn't approve of my experiments and sometimes criticized me in front of the whole class. Maybe my love for photography came from that humiliation: a photo is something that you develop and print yourself, in the dark, and that remains in the dark until you decide to show it.

Hiroshi Hamaya

Top 3 Quotes & Sayings by Hiroshi Hamaya

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