I want my photographs to say: "Look-there's this thing you…

The photographs that excite me are photographs that say something in a new manner; not for the sake of being different but ones that…

— Harry Callahan

My photographs are proof of what happened. When I go to Russia, sometimes I meet ex-soldiers... They say, 'We came to liberate you…' I…

— Josef Koudelka

The few people who ask to have their photographs with me, I almost always say yes, except for a few circumstances, like when my…

— John Hodgman

“just want to take some photographs. I don’t think the weather is on my side, though.” “You’ll get to see it properly within the…

— Diane Setterfield

I want my photographs not only to be real but to portray the essence of my subjects also. In order to do that, you…

— Mary Ellen Mark

I don't want to take photographs that I won't recognize as myself, and myself isn't necessarily just blankly staring at the lens.

— Feist

“I believe that photography can be a powerful tool for raising awareness about the importance of conservation. I want my photographs to help people…

— Biju Karakkonam, Nature and Wildlife Photographer

My work is about making candy for the eyes. It's about grabbing your attention. Even though my work is appearing in magazines I am…

— David LaChapelle

There are people who want photographs and autographs when they meet me.

— Hima Das

What I'm trying to do is make photographs that are universally understood... that cross cultural lines. I want my photographs to be about the…

— Mary Ellen Mark

“Life: Let's take another look at this whole thing.”

— Paul J. Coleman

To look is one thing, to see is another thing; to see is very difficult, normally; to look is to try to see. I…

— Eduardo Chillida

I'm afraid that if you look at a thing long enough, it loses all of its meaning.

— Andy Warhol

The more closely you look at one thing, the less closely can you see something else.

— Werner Heisenberg

“I can look at a thing and know its worth in a second. It’s my particular talent.”

— Beatriz Williams