Let's assume that all the cassettes of monochrome film Cartier-Bresson ever exposed had somehow been surreptitiously loaded with colour film. I'd venture to say that about two thirds of his pictures would be ruined and the remainder unaffected, neither spoiled… — Philip Jones Griffiths Copy Share Image
Real photography is a wonderfully inclusive, democratic medium, whereas art photography is more often a private pursuit by conmen. — Philip Jones Griffiths Copy Share
Let's assume that all the cassettes of monochrome film Cartier-Bresson ever exposed had somehow been surreptitiously loaded with colour film. I'd venture to say… — Philip Jones Griffiths Copy Share
People believe pictures. It's a photograph that's in your passport, not a painting. Now, George Bernard Shaw said, 'I would exchange every painting of… — Philip Jones Griffiths Copy Share
The ability to keep things in perspective is very important for a journalist. In a tense situation you need the ability to be there,… — Philip Jones Griffiths Copy Share
The first picture of his I ever saw was during a lecture at the Rhyl camera club. I was 16 and the speaker was… — Philip Jones Griffiths Copy Share
What we get to think and know about the world is in the hands of a very few... A truly informed public is antithetical… — Philip Jones Griffiths Copy Share
The only thing we photographers really want more than life, more than sex, more than anything, is to be invisible. — Philip Jones Griffiths Copy Share
When Bill Gates started Corbis we were told that he needed images to fill those digital picture frames in his home, and many found… — Philip Jones Griffiths Copy Share
[Photojournalism] really is the only branch of photography that's a credit to our profession. We see, we understand; we see more, we understand more. — Philip Jones Griffiths Copy Share
... we are there with our cameras to record reality. Once we start modifying that which exists, we are robbing photography of its most… — Philip Jones Griffiths Copy Share
Even if not a single picture is never published, they exist. And that means that we are recording the history of the human race.… — Philip Jones Griffiths Copy Share
I attempt to channel my anger into the tip of my forefinger as I press the shutter. — Philip Jones Griffiths Copy Share
