Photography is a medium, a language, through which I might come to experience directly, live more closely with, the interaction between myself… — Paul Caponigro Copy Share Image
A photographer looks at everything, which is why he must look from beginning to end. Face the subject head-on, stay fixed, turn… — Shomei Tomatsu Copy Share Image
I am a photographer who likes to make images, but I also want to get a sense and understanding of images that… — Michael Light Copy Share Image
I see no difference between my pictures that people consider amusing and the rest. To me, it's all serious work - they're… — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
Self-conscious artiness is fatal, but it certainly would not hurt to study composition in general. Having a basic understanding of composition would… — Berenice Abbott Copy Share Image
To chart a course, one must have a direction. In reality, the eye is no better than the philosophy behind it. The… — Berenice Abbott Copy Share Image
There is more in art, with an apology to that much abused word, as applied to photography, than startling display lines, on… — Gertrude Kasebier Copy Share Image
A studio session ... provides the greatest chance for control. Even though there is total freedom, I still dislike studio photography and… — Eve Arnold Copy Share Image
As sounds in a musical composition can be used not to express physical objects but ideas, emotions, harmonies, rhythmic orders and most… — Wynn Bullock Copy Share Image
Photography has an amazing ability to capture the fine detail of surface textures. But far too often these intricate patterns are loved… — Arthur Tress Copy Share Image
Give half a dozen men the same camera, lenses and plates, and send them to the same place to do the same… — Frederick H. Evans Copy Share Image
When I worked as a music and fashion photographer, I always had the nagging feeling that there was something missing, that I… — Giles Duley Copy Share Image
Each photographer has their own vibe and presence that they bring to their shoots. Steven Meisel is a teacher. He teaches everyone… — Kylie Bax Copy Share Image
There is a great quote from a female writer. She said, 'If you don't break out in a sweat of fear when… — Sally Mann Copy Share Image
The challenge for me, and for Asian models in general has been convincing editors, stylists and photographers that we can have mass… — Liu Wen Copy Share Image
It is a peculiar part of the good photographer's adventure to know where luck is most likely to lie in the stream,… — James Agee Copy Share Image
...the pepper is beginning to show signs of strain, and tonight should grace a salad. It has been suggested that I am… — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
When I was just starting out, I met Cartier-Bresson. He wasn't young in age but, in his mind, he was the youngest… — Sebastiao Salgado Copy Share Image
Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have their photographs look like photographs. — Alfred Stieglitz Copy Share Image
What is of value is that a particular photographer sees the subject differently than I do. A good picture must be a… — Alexey Brodovitch Copy Share Image
I started teaching in '76 and I'd been a photographer at the Geographic for six years. But prior to being at the… — Sam Abell Copy Share Image
The inner chambers of the soul are like the photographer's darkroom. Like a laboratory. One cannot stay there all the time or… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
The challenge of photography is to show the thing photographed so that our feelings are awakened and hidden aspects are revealed to… — Emmet Gowin Copy Share Image
