If someone is wearing something terrific, that's what I…

I walk in the park every day, and when people come and ask for a photograph, I say, "Oh, my God!" It means they…

— Carolina Herrera

When I say I want to photograph someone, what it really means is that I'd like to know them. Anyone I know I photograph.

— Annie Leibovitz

I want to photograph the considerable ceremonies of our present. I want to gather them, like somebody's grandmother putting up preserves, because they will…

— Diane Arbus

A photographic portrait is a picture of someone who knows he is being photographed, and what he does with this knowledge is as much…

— Richard Avedon

Look at the things around you, the immediate world around you. If you are alive, it will mean something to you, and if you…

— Paul Strand

When I start thinking about a story, I don't start by thinking about the fashion, but about who I want to photograph and what…

— Peter Lindbergh

I could learn photography. That could be something to want. I could photograph children. I could have my own children. I would give them…

— Gia Carangi

Irving Penn said he didn't want to photograph anyone under 60, and I think there is some truth about it.

— Annie Leibovitz

Being someone who people want to photograph, you have to open yourself up to the positive and negative. It is what it is.

— Jon Hamm

If they want a photograph, then just take it.

— Keith Emerson

I'm still very sensitive and wary of people recognising me The only thing that really annoys me is people trying to surreptitiously take a…

— Benedict Cumberbatch

I want to photograph what I see and put it in a dramatic context. I'm an actor and a writer, and I want to…

— Tommy Lee Jones

After writing all day I go for a walk and see a piece of architecture i want to photograph and i have to take…

— Patti Smith

Why in the world would anyone want to photograph an old woman like me?

— Lillie Langtry

I'm a good craftsman and I can have this particular intention: let's say, I want a photograph that's going to push a certain button…

— Garry Winogrand