Trying to get over to the 'on camera' side of things has been hard work. — Essie Davis Copy Share Image
To compose a subject well means no more than to see and present it in the strongest manner possible. — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
I did find a wonderful girl last year, but the photographs that we did were more about motorcars. — Helmut Newton Copy Share Image
“when you take a photograph of someone, you take a portrait of their soul” — Winna Efendi Copy Share Image
A photograph can, by the addition of an unimportant spot of color, become a photomontage, a work of art of a special… — John Heartfield Copy Share Image
For those who were desperate, my camera became an object of hope (...)Throughout my year-long coverage of the monsoon world, my strongest… — Steve McCurry Copy Share Image
“I covered his thumbprint with my thumb and considered for the first time that Papa might have been more than just old… — Wally Lamb Copy Share Image
The horrible thing is, as a model, it wasn't that unusual to be in a weird situation where a photographer or someone… — Trish Goff Copy Share Image
Pictures... are also opinions... [they] set down what the camera operator sees and he sees what he wants to see and what… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
With all its technical sophistication, the photographic camera remains a coarse device compared to the human hand and brain. — Claude Levi-Strauss Copy Share Image
If I had been born one or two hundred years ago, I might have been a sculptor, but photography is a very… — Robert Mapplethorpe Copy Share Image
In order to be a successful Photographer, you must possess both Vision and Focus neither of which have anything to do with… — Kevin Russo Copy Share Image
Only with effort can the camera be forced to lie: basically it is an honest medium: so the photographer is much more… — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
“At our best and most fortunate we make pictures because of what stands in front of the camera, to honor what is… — Robert Adams Copy Share Image
Every once in a while I have this revelation like, "Wow, a hundred years ago the world wasn't black and white." It… — Alec Soth Copy Share Image
There is no right or wrong angle for something. The idea of putting the camera in an unfamiliar position is simply to… — Steve McQueen Copy Share Image
I feel very lucky. I don't know what else there has to be. I'm happy, as corny as it sounds, to be… — Andrea Modica Copy Share Image
Simulations directly relate to the process of and complications in photography. They also overtly create layers of fantasies, myths and interventions... The… — Taryn Simon Copy Share Image
The thought for us [street photographers] was always: How much could we absorb and embrace of a moment of existence that would… — Joel Meyerowitz Copy Share Image
When the photographer Philippe Halsman said, 'Jump,' no one asked how high. People simply pushed off or leapt up to the extent… — Philippe Halsman Copy Share Image
In the late '80s, as a child, I used to shoot short films on my friend's wedding camera. — Sajid Khan Copy Share Image
I had a love for photography, which of course rolled into cinematography. — Scoot McNairy Copy Share Image
I have always found photography magical, and became more taken with it whilst modeling. — Hanneli Mustaparta Copy Share Image
I don't use the front-facing camera because the quality of selfies isn't as good. — Alexis Ren Copy Share Image
I don't like being overexposed. I don't like being on covers. And I don't like people talking about me. — Skrillex Copy Share Image
Maybe because it's entirely an artist's eye, patience and skill that makes an image and not his tools. — Ken Rockwell Copy Share Image
The selfie is the new way to look someone right in the eye and say, 'Hello, this is me.' — James Franco Copy Share Image
“A picture neither saddening nor gladdening I fear; neither beautiful nor ugly.” — Jean Cocteau Copy Share Image
Power posing! I do it before any appearance and recommend it to everyone. Gold! — Sally Kohn Copy Share Image
I do not take selfies. I photo bomb my phone while it's taking pictures of itself in the mirror. — Green Monk Copy Share Image
The transactions between me and the people that I photograph are very, very collaborative. — Jock Sturges Copy Share Image
“When the world asks "what was it like?" Only the photographer can say "See!” — Mark Denman Copy Share Image