Life as it unfolds in front of the camera is full of so much complexity, wonder and surprise that I find it unnecessary to create new realities. There is more pleasure, for me, in things as-they-are. — David Hurn Copy Share Image
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… — David Hurn Copy Share Image
In previous ages the word 'art' was used to cover all forms of human skill. The Greeks believed that these skills were given by… — David Hurn Copy Share Image
These are the two basic controls at the photographer's command--positi on and timing--all others are extensions, peripheral ones, compared to them — David Hurn Copy Share Image
There are many forms of photography. I consider myself simply a recorder of that which I find of interest around me. I personally have… — David Hurn Copy Share Image
The most important piece of equipment after the camera is a good pair of shoes. — David Hurn Copy Share Image
It is the purpose of life that each of us strives to become actually what he or she is potentially. Each photographer, then, should… — David Hurn Copy Share Image
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.… — David Hurn Copy Share Image
For me photography is an excuse to be nosy about things I want to know about. — David Hurn Copy Share Image
...one day I was speculating on how I would like to look back on life and I decided I wanted to feel that I… — David Hurn Copy Share Image
I'm a photographer, obviously. My chosen tool for understanding life, and communicating the results of this search to others, is the camera. — David Hurn Copy Share Image
Life as it unfolds in front of the camera is full of so much complexity, wonder and surprise that I find it unnecessary to… — David Hurn Copy Share Image
I never claim my photographs reveal some definitive truth. I claim that this is what I saw and felt about the subject at the… — David Hurn Copy Share Image
I think of myself as a reportage photographer. I like the word. It implies a personal account of an observed event with connotations of… — David Hurn Copy Share Image
