I wanted it to provide an escape route, I wanted to make pictures that were fantastic and took you into another world,… — David LaChapelle Copy Share Image
“A camera is just a medium to capture what you have in your vision, and vision is something that cannot be bought.” — Neeraj Agnihotri Copy Share Image
In common with other artists the photographer wants his finished print to convey to others his own response to his subject. In… — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
I guess that's what I was: a set of abs. And they lit the abs and shot the abs and sent the… — Michael Bergin Copy Share Image
You learn to see by practice. It's Just like playing tennis, you get better the more you play. The more you look… — Eliot Porter Copy Share Image
The job of the color photographer is to provide some level of abstraction that can take the image out of the daily. — Joel Sternfeld Copy Share Image
Before you shoot an irresistible subject, mute all your senses except sight to find out how much is left for the camera… — Andreas Feininger Copy Share Image
...and each time I pressed the shutter release it was a shouted condemnation hurled with the hope that the picture might survive… — W. Eugene Smith Copy Share Image
Every fashion photographer is completely different; the fact that they are so different is what makes it fun. You don't want to… — Lara Stone Copy Share Image
The physical thing of having a man following you around all day trying to take your photograph - it's eerie. There is… — Chris Martin Copy Share Image
All these factors are only valuable if you're curious. But in any case, the more knowledge you have, the more things are… — Jay Maisel Copy Share Image
When people look at my pictures I want them to feel the way they do when they want to read a line… — Robert Frank Copy Share Image
I became a photographer in order to be a war photographer, and a photographer involved in what I thought were critical social… — James Nachtwey Copy Share Image
My job is, I'm a photographer. I'm something of a filmmaker. And primarily, I'm an adventurer. My job is to help people… — Sebastian Copeland Copy Share Image
It is a rare photographer who can take a detached, cold-blooded view of his work. — Arthur Rothstein Copy Share Image
If I could be said to have any kind of aesthetic, it’s sort of a magpie aesthetic—I just go and pick up… — Sally Mann Copy Share Image
The camera is cruel, so I try to be as good as I can to make things even. — Diane Arbus Copy Share Image
“A good photograph never belongs to the past; every time you look at it, it is with you, it is alive and… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
It is a great honor for me to be compared to Henri Cartier-BressonBut I believe there is a very big difference in… — Sebastiao Salgado Copy Share Image
Photography must seize upon this moment and hold immobile the equilibrium of it. The photographers eye is perpetually evaluating. A photographer can… — Henri Cartier-Bresson Copy Share Image
Photographers represented occasions once. You dressed for them as you might for church; they cost money, they recorded important moments. — Michael Lesy Copy Share Image
The subject isn't always a help to the photographer, it's like handcuffs. — Raymond Depardon Copy Share Image
I wanted to show the thing that had to be corrected: I wanted to show the things that had to be appreciated. — Lewis Hine Copy Share Image
