...it is pretentious for photographers to believe that their pictures alone change things. If they did, we wouldn't be besieged by war, by incidents of genocide, by hunger. A more realistic assessment of photography's value is to point out that… — Eugene Richards Copy Share Image
That's one of the troubles of photography; the implication that what you have in that photograph is the way it is, and of course a year later that's not the way it is. Life moves on and the picture stays.… — Eugene Richards Copy Share Image
I chose to be a photographer twenty-two years ago, but I don't know that I'd make that choice again. Back in the early eighties,… — Eugene Richards Copy Share Image
Photojournalist? With a few exceptions, those of us working as photojournalists might now more appropriately call ourselves illustrators. For, unlike real reporters, whose job… — Eugene Richards Copy Share Image
War all comes down to these little tiny stories about people's lives that will never be the same. — Eugene Richards Copy Share Image
My biggest problem is I'm so uninteresting that all these people forget I'm around. — Eugene Richards Copy Share Image
...it is pretentious for photographers to believe that their pictures alone change things. If they did, we wouldn't be besieged by war, by incidents… — Eugene Richards Copy Share Image
Approaching people is not - it's ironic that it's what I do - but it's not necessarily what I enjoy doing. Later on, I'm… — Eugene Richards Copy Share Image
I'm often uncomfortable taking pictures, especially if people are grieving, or hurt, or hungry. At such times I have to remind myself that I'm… — Eugene Richards Copy Share Image
That's one of the troubles of photography; the implication that what you have in that photograph is the way it is, and of course… — Eugene Richards Copy Share Image
It's a process of getting to know people. That's what photography is to me. It's about paying attention, not screwing up and blowing a… — Eugene Richards Copy Share Image
There's never a time that I'm not intrusive. That's the base of what we - photographers - do: we're intrusive. Anyone saying the opposite… — Eugene Richards Copy Share Image
