It's important to me to have what I photograph undergo a certain transformation - to become a thing different from what we… — Abelardo Morell Copy Share Image
I want my photographs not only to be real but to portray the essence of my subjects also. In order to do… — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share Image
Research is fundamental; finding as much as you can and never giving up. I love the research. It is my "precise time".… — Lisa Immordino Vreeland Copy Share Image
Our very sense of situation is now articulated by the camera's interventions. The omnipresence of cameras persuasively suggests that time consists of… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
Look at the things around you, the immediate world around you. If you are alive, it will mean something to you, and… — Paul Strand Copy Share Image
Has it led you to the conclusion that photography is an art ? Or it is simply a means of recording ?… — Aaron Scharf Copy Share Image
I think a photograph, of whatever it might be - a landscape, a person - requires personal involvement. That means knowing your… — Frans Lanting Copy Share Image
What's happening is that people are making a billion photographs a year of their cats, frequently with the cats wearing costumes. Do… — John Szarkowski Copy Share Image
I was taken by William Burroughs’ presence and intelligence from the first time I was introduced to him, by Lester Bangs in… — Kate Simon Copy Share Image
Photography obviously lends itself so well towards fashion. It's capturing that moment and that inspiration, and as a designer you are constantly… — Georgina Chapman Copy Share Image
I am a great admirer of Robert Vavra and love his beautiful photographs and books. He is a wonderful artist, a poet. — Leni Riefenstahl Copy Share Image
I once saw a photograph of a large herd of wild elephants in Central Africa Seeing an airplane for the first time,… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I photograph in public and semi-public spaces that date from various epochs. These are spaces accessible to everyone. They are places where… — Candida Hofer Copy Share Image
I've had photographs taken for portraits because I very much prefer working from the photographs than from models... I couldn't attempt to… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
For me, this is one of the advantages of not using digital, I never know when I have a good photograph! I… — Michael Kenna Copy Share Image
Photography has always been capable of manipulation. Even more subtle and more invidious is the fact that any time you put a… — Joel Sternfeld Copy Share Image
When I take photographs, my body inevitably enters a trancelike state. Briskly weaving my way through the avenues, every cell in my… — Daido Moriyama Copy Share Image
The word beauty is unavoidable … it accounts for my decision to photograph … There appeared a quality, beauty seemed the only… — Robert Adams Copy Share Image
I think anything that you can use to connect is fine. For some people it's meditation. For some people it's yoga. For… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image