Before the people at large, and for that matter, the artists themselves, understand what photography really means, as I understand that term,… — Alfred Stieglitz Copy Share Image
“Life is like a camera. Just focus on what's important and capture the good times, develop from the negatives and if things… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Photography promises an enhanced mastery of nature, but photography also threatens conflagration and anarchy. — Allan Sekula Copy Share Image
One of my favorite photographers is Ruvan Wijesooriya, who takes most of the LCD photos. His work is incredibly colloquial and raw. — James Murphy Copy Share Image
I still like to walk around and take photographs, but it's hard to do that if a lot of people are looking… — Orlando Bloom Copy Share Image
“A picture doesn't bring someone to life. A picture is a death of the moment when the picture is taken. Whenever you… — Marisa Silver Copy Share Image
Seeing is no longer believing. The very notion of truth has been put into crisis. In a world bloated with images, we… — Barbara Kruger Copy Share Image
Because I'm interested in depiction, representation, therefore you're interested in photography. You don't ignore it. — David Hockney Copy Share Image
I will be so glad to take the picture and pose and look good for the picture. But when you catch me… — Busta Rhymes Copy Share Image
As the possibilities for straightforward photography seem to have become exhausted it has been the photographers who know about the history of… — Van Deren Coke Copy Share Image
Of course, this is one of the really important things about art, that you can make more than you can understand at… — Emmet Gowin Copy Share Image
What's the woman doing there?" he asked. "Covering a scratch on the hood. She was cheaper than a new paint job." He… — Kelley Armstrong Copy Share Image
The content of Saul Leiter's photographs arrives on a sort of delay: it takes a moment after the first glance to know… — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
I've been collecting photographs since I don't know when, for a long time, for different reasons. You can find them on eBay… — Thomas Ruff Copy Share Image
And the camera position, the organization, looking for repeating forms, shapes, trying to set up a visual rhythm seemed to come very… — John Sexton Copy Share Image
I went to art school, wanting to be a painter and then I got into photography. Then it was movies, and I… — Samuel Ervin Beam Copy Share Image
My point is that meaning is always personal, changeable and subjective. There is no 'correct' interpretation of a photograph. — Bill Jay Copy Share Image
If you are what you say you are A superstar Then have no fear The camera's is here and the microphones and… — Lupe Fiasco Copy Share Image
I forget nothing and then, one day, there will be revenge. Innocence isn't exactly everywhere. But I will say innocence also takes… — Karl Lagerfeld Copy Share Image
It's a heavy weight, the camera. Now we have modern and lightweight, small plastic cameras, but in the '70s they were heavy… — Annie Leibovitz Copy Share Image
Painting from life is a completely different monster, which I like. But because I've been painting from photography for so long, I've… — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
I'm certainly interested in taking a photo with anyone who took time out of their busy schedule in life to say hello. — Shawn Crahan Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, photography is ninety-nine percent business, connections, and politics and one percent creativity. — Rankin Copy Share Image
Of course [photography] cannot create, nor express all we want to express. But it can be a witness of our passage on… — Mario Giacomelli Copy Share Image
“For me, photography is not a means by which to create beautiful art, but a unique way of encountering genuine reality” — Daido Moriyama Copy Share Image
A very faithful drawing may actually tell us more about the model but despite the promptings of our critical intelligence it will… — Andre Bazin Copy Share Image
My generation came at a time when photography was advancing by leaps and bounds, creating the impulse to experiment and seek new… — Gjon Mili Copy Share Image
They often ask me to shoot for them. But I say no. I think an old guy like me ought not take… — Helmut Newton Copy Share Image
“It's true that a picture is worth a thousand words, but it's also true that a word is worth a thousand pictures.” — Marty Johncox Copy Share Image
We've spent now about 150 years trying to convince ourselves that photographs are reliable evidence, some unimpeachable slice of the real world.… — A. D. Coleman Copy Share Image
When you're with people that are aware of the fact that you're a photographer, they'll say, "Oh, look at that! That's something… — Ari Marcopoulos Copy Share Image
Painting is a lie. It's the most magic of all media, the most transcendent. It makes space where there is no space. — Chuck Close Copy Share Image
I entered the modeling industry as a business person already. I always knew I belonged on the other side of the camera. — Kathy Ireland Copy Share Image
I was stuck with the dark glasses. They took all these pictures that went around the world. I guess once you become… — Roy Orbison Copy Share Image
Dressing up and doing photo shoots was a side of the industry I really didn't think I would like. But now I've… — Ella Henderson Copy Share Image
Most photographers seem to operate with a pane of glass between themselves and their subjects. They just can't get inside and know… — W. Eugene Smith Copy Share Image
In the end, maybe the correct language would be how the fact of putting four edges around a collection of information or… — Garry Winogrand Copy Share Image
“I should take a photo.” “No. Just remember it, and us in it.” He swallowed. She smiled. Here was rightness of place… — Ali Shaw Copy Share Image
“And I was glad she had the camera as a fence to protect herself, an excuse to be invisible. Cameras are a… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
“I hung a picture of him above my bed and learned by hand the internal workings of the female combustion engine.” — Shannon Celebi Copy Share Image