--- title: "9 People Photographs Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 9 People Photographs quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best People Photographs sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c32/stephen-chbosky-387_looks_old-pictures-look-very-rugged-and-young_2183816.png" --- > [Old pictures look very rugged and young, and the people in the photographs always seem a lot happier than you are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-chbosky/old-pictures-look-very-rugged-and-young-and-the-people-in-the-2/) [Stephen Chbosky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-chbosky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c32/stephen-chbosky-387_looks_old-pictures-look-very-rugged-and-young_2183816.png) > [I like to choose the people I take photographs of, but when you make your living off it, you've got to take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/astrid-kirchherr/i-like-to-choose-the-people-i-take-photographs-of-but-when-you-make/) [Astrid Kirchherr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/astrid-kirchherr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8aa/astrid-kirchherr-19134_choose_i-like-to-choose-the-people-i-take-photo_2690142.png) > [“And the people in the photographs always seem a lot happier than you are.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-chbosky/and-the-people-in-the-photographs-always-seem-a-lot-happier-than-you/) [Stephen Chbosky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-chbosky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d50/stephen-chbosky-387_happier_and-the-people-in-the-photographs-always_1668786.png) > [“Why do people even take photographs, anyway? They're just reminders of what once was and what you'll never get back. It's so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daria-snadowsky/why-do-people-even-take-photographs-anyway-they-re-just-reminders-of/) [Daria Snadowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daria-snadowsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/936/daria-snadowsky-9590_masochistic_why-do-people-even-take-photographs-anyw_2526702.jpg) > [“To the complaint, 'There are no people in these photographs,' I respond, There are always two people: the photographer and the viewer.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ansel-adams/to-the-complaint-there-are-no-people-in-these-photographs-i-respond/) [Ansel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ansel-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eec/ansel-adams-2687_landscape_to-the-complaint-there-are-no-people-in_905149.jpg) > [My life and work are not separate. I just have more roles than other people. And I have photographs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikki-s-lee/my-life-and-work-are-not-separate-i-just-have-more-roles-than-other/) [Nikki S. Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikki-s-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94b/nikki-s-lee-50041_life_my-life-and-work-are-not-separate-i-just_2464803.jpg) > [People who take photographs during their whole vacation won't remember their vacation. They'll only remember what photographs they took.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-dillard/people-who-take-photographs-during-their-whole-vacation-won-t/) [Annie Dillard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-dillard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a10/annie-dillard-509_people_people-who-take-photographs-during-their_889921.jpg) > [The photographer begins to feel big and bloated and so big he can't walk through one of these doors because he gets…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-parks/the-photographer-begins-to-feel-big-and-bloated-and-so-big-he-can-t/) [Gordon Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-parks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ef/gordon-parks-14120_doors_the-photographer-begins-to-feel-big-and_2011873.jpg) > [“Whenever possible, Salgado lives for a while with the people he photographs. “I tell a little bit of my life to them,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastiao-salgado/whenever-possible-salgado-lives-for-a-while-with-the-people-he/) [Sebastião Salgado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sebastiao-salgado/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d56/sebastiao-salgado-12538_life_whenever-possible-salgado-lives-for-a-wh_1443732.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people-photographs/#itemlist", "name": "People Photographs Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Old pictures look very rugged and young, and the people in the photographs always seem a lot happier than you are.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stephen Chbosky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-chbosky/old-pictures-look-very-rugged-and-young-and-the-people-in-the-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c32/stephen-chbosky-387_looks_old-pictures-look-very-rugged-and-young_2183816.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c32/stephen-chbosky-387_looks_old-pictures-look-very-rugged-and-young_2183816.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c32/stephen-chbosky-387_looks_old-pictures-look-very-rugged-and-young_2183816.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Old pictures look very rugged and young, and the people in the photographs always seem a lot happier than…” — Stephen Chbosky", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I like to choose the people I take photographs of, but when you make your living off it, you've got to take everybody.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Astrid Kirchherr" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/astrid-kirchherr/i-like-to-choose-the-people-i-take-photographs-of-but-when-you-make/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8aa/astrid-kirchherr-19134_choose_i-like-to-choose-the-people-i-take-photo_2690142.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8aa/astrid-kirchherr-19134_choose_i-like-to-choose-the-people-i-take-photo_2690142.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8aa/astrid-kirchherr-19134_choose_i-like-to-choose-the-people-i-take-photo_2690142.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I like to choose the people I take photographs of, but when you make your living off it, you've got to take…” — Astrid Kirchherr", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“And the people in the photographs always seem a lot happier than you are.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stephen Chbosky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-chbosky/and-the-people-in-the-photographs-always-seem-a-lot-happier-than-you/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d50/stephen-chbosky-387_happier_and-the-people-in-the-photographs-always_1668786.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d50/stephen-chbosky-387_happier_and-the-people-in-the-photographs-always_1668786.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d50/stephen-chbosky-387_happier_and-the-people-in-the-photographs-always_1668786.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“And the people in the photographs always seem a lot happier than you are.” — Stephen Chbosky", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Why do people even take photographs, anyway? 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