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title: "2 Interested Photography Quotes By David Hurn"
description: "2 Interested Photography quotes by David Hurn. Plus more from David Hurn and more Interested Photography sayings from other authors."
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> [The fundamental issue is one of emphasis: you are not a photographer because you are interested in photography...The reason is that photography is only a tool, a vehicle, for expressing or transmitting a passion in something else. It is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hurn/the-fundamental-issue-is-one-of-emphasis-you-are-not-a-photographer/)

[David Hurn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hurn/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4e/david-hurn-29931_emphasis_the-fundamental-issue-is-one-of-emphasis_66383.png)

> [You are not a photographer because you are interested in photography.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hurn/you-are-not-a-photographer-because-you-are-interested-in-photography/)

[David Hurn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hurn/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c9/david-hurn-29931_inspirational_you-are-not-a-photographer-because-you-a_1342368.png)

## More by David Hurn

> [The fundamental issue is one of emphasis: you are not a photographer because you are interested in photography...The reason is that photography is only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hurn/the-fundamental-issue-is-one-of-emphasis-you-are-not-a-photographer/)

[David Hurn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hurn/)

> [In previous ages the word 'art' was used to cover all forms of human skill. The Greeks believed that these skills were given by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hurn/in-previous-ages-the-word-art-was-used-to-cover-all-forms-of-human/)

[David Hurn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hurn/)

> [These are the two basic controls at the photographer's command--positi on and timing--all others are extensions, peripheral ones, compared to them](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hurn/these-are-the-two-basic-controls-at-the-photographer-s-command-positi/)

[David Hurn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hurn/)

> [There are many forms of photography. I consider myself simply a recorder of that which I find of interest around me. I personally have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hurn/there-are-many-forms-of-photography-i-consider-myself-simply-a/)

[David Hurn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hurn/)

> [Learn from the best; the second raters have nothing to offer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hurn/learn-from-the-best-the-second-raters-have-nothing-to-offer/)

[David Hurn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hurn/)

> [The most important piece of equipment after the camera is a good pair of shoes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hurn/the-most-important-piece-of-equipment-after-the-camera-is-a-good-pair/)

[David Hurn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hurn/)

> [It is the purpose of life that each of us strives to become actually what he or she is potentially. Each photographer, then, should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hurn/it-is-the-purpose-of-life-that-each-of-us-strives-to-become-actually/)

[David Hurn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hurn/)

> [This idea fascinates me. The idea that a few seconds of watching a photographer in action can tell you his/her status in the medium.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hurn/this-idea-fascinates-me-the-idea-that-a-few-seconds-of-watching-a/)

[David Hurn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hurn/)

> [You are not a photographer because you are interested in photography.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hurn/you-are-not-a-photographer-because-you-are-interested-in-photography/)

[David Hurn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hurn/)

> [For me photography is an excuse to be nosy about things I want to know about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hurn/for-me-photography-is-an-excuse-to-be-nosy-about-things-i-want-to/)

[David Hurn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hurn/)

> [...one day I was speculating on how I would like to look back on life and I decided I wanted to feel that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hurn/one-day-i-was-speculating-on-how-i-would-like-to-look-back-on-life/)

[David Hurn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hurn/)

> [I'm a photographer, obviously. My chosen tool for understanding life, and communicating the results of this search to others, is the camera.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hurn/i-m-a-photographer-obviously-my-chosen-tool-for-understanding-life/)

[David Hurn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hurn/)

> [Life as it unfolds in front of the camera is full of so much complexity, wonder and surprise that I find it unnecessary to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hurn/life-as-it-unfolds-in-front-of-the-camera-is-full-of-so-much/)

[David Hurn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hurn/)

> [I never claim my photographs reveal some definitive truth. I claim that this is what I saw and felt about the subject at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hurn/i-never-claim-my-photographs-reveal-some-definitive-truth-i-claim/)

[David Hurn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hurn/)

> [I think of myself as a reportage photographer. I like the word. It implies a personal account of an observed event with connotations of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hurn/i-think-of-myself-as-a-reportage-photographer-i-like-the-word-it/)

[David Hurn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hurn/)

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