It was my mom and I against the world. We lived in New York in this bohemian lifestyle where an extended group… — Brooke Shields Copy Share Image
I thought I had a huge crush on a young Canadian photographer who was commissioned to go down to Australia to do… — Deborah Kara Unger Copy Share Image
There is a great quote from a female writer. She said, 'If you don't break out in a sweat of fear when… — Sally Mann Copy Share Image
Laymen learn to read photographs the way they do headlines, skipping over them quickly to get the gist of what is being… — Howard S. Becker Copy Share Image
Who was the first photographer in the world? Who was the first woman photographer in the world? Who was the first man… — Brandon McCaw Copy Share Image
My job is, I'm a photographer. I'm something of a filmmaker. And primarily, I'm an adventurer. My job is to help people… — Sebastian Copeland Copy Share Image
Well, I'm not going to get into that. I think that those kind of distinctions and lists of titles like "street photographer"… — Garry Winogrand Copy Share Image
Pay no heed to the average photographer's remarks upon "flat" and "weak" negatives. Probably he is flat, weak, stale, and unprofitable; your… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I'm married to Kevin, a photographer whose career has put him on the campaign trail with presidential candidates and sent him on… — Nancy Horan Copy Share Image
I think what inspires me is in a constant state of flux...it's easier to stick to photographers and perhaps cinematographers, though the… — Anton Yelchin Copy Share Image
People think the camera steals their soul. Places, I am convinced, are affected in the opposite direction. The more they are photographed… — John Pfahl Copy Share Image
'Tough' meant it was an uncompromising image, something that came from your gut, out of instinct, raw, of the moment, something that… — Joel Meyerowitz Copy Share Image
The photographs that excite me are photographs that say something in a new manner; not for the sake of being different but… — Harry Callahan Copy Share Image
My interest in photography did not begin with books or mentors, or with any burning desire to see the world through a… — Galen Rowell Copy Share Image
We make pictures. At the end of the day, we create something potentially significant that did not exist at the beginning of… — Joe McNally Copy Share Image
I have a really hard time stepping out of a limousine and confronting a sh*tload of photographers who are all screaming at… — Julia Ormond Copy Share Image
If a medium is representational by nature of the realistic image formed by a lens, I see no reason why we should… — Berenice Abbott Copy Share Image
While primarily a photographer, I do not see or think photographically; hence the story of Indian life will not be told in… — Edward S. Curtis Copy Share Image
Edward [Weston] was the first artist - and I don't use the word lightly - to make a living doing art photography.… — Rondal Partridge Copy Share Image
The way someone who's being photographed presents himself to the camera, and the effect of the photographer's response on that presence, is… — Richard Avedon Copy Share Image
Men die, heroically or fruitlessly, but man carries on. In Israel it is the same: the farmer must till the fields, the… — Leonard Freed Copy Share Image
My creative process begins when I get out with the camera and interact with the world. A camera is truly a license… — Jerry Uelsmann Copy Share Image
I like to think I keep my mind open. When I walk the streets I don't look for anything in particular. I… — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
This recognition, in real life, of a rhythm of surfaces, lines, and values is for me the essence of photography; composition should… — Henri Cartier-Bresson Copy Share Image
Just as a fisherman cannot catch fish unless his line is in the water, a wildlife photographer cannot shoot great wildlife images… — George H. Harrison Copy Share Image
We're responsible for everything that's included in the frame. We're also responsible for what's not included in the frame. We're responsible for… — John Paul Caponigro Copy Share Image
“Being a photographer isn’t a choice but a discovery. One day, you awaken to the pull of light and shadow, the lens… — Craig Varjabedian Copy Share Image
Photography isolates the world via an aperture and gives the photographer the means to see differently, to achieve a spontaneous vision that… — Ellsworth Kelly Copy Share Image
You know, my dad wasn't a photographer or filmmaker by profession, but on Sundays, he would take pictures of me and my… — Bruce Weber Copy Share Image
It should be the aim of every photographer to make a single exposure that shows everything about the subject. I have been… — Yousuf Karsh Copy Share Image
The moment always dictates in my work. What I feel, I do. This is the most important thing for me. Everybody can… — Andre Kertesz Copy Share Image
I have no chips on my shoulder. I like to be constructive. As I have said, I have inspired many persons to… — Weegee Copy Share Image
My quest, through the magic of light and shadow, is to isolate, to simplify and to give emphasis to form with the… — Ruth Bernhard Copy Share Image
I have often photographed when I am not in tune with nature but the photographs look as if I had been. So… — Minor White Copy Share Image
[Elsa Dorfman]was well known. Certainly in the Boston area, she's well known as a portrait photographer. My wife always wanted to meet… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
Photographers don't need to be aggressive. Some are. Henry Benson is aggressive - but then he's from Fleet Street. If you can… — Alfred Eisenstaedt Copy Share Image
Leaving aside the mysteries and the inequities of human talent, brains, taste, and reputations, the matter of art in photography may come… — Walker Evans Copy Share Image
Like any corporation, I have the benefit of the brainpower of everyone who is working for me. It all ends up being… — Chuck Close Copy Share Image
The history of art is filled with people who did not live long enough to enjoy a sympathetic public, and their misery… — Robert Adams Copy Share Image
“The sun creates your shadow; the mirror takes your shadow into itself; if you take a photo of the mirror, your shadow… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image