My first priority when taking pictures is to achieve clarity. A good documentary photograph transmits the information of the situation with the… — Sam Abell Copy Share Image
Knowing what I know now, any photographer worth his salt could make some beautiful things with pinhole cameras. — Ansel Adams Copy Share Image
Detachment, lack of sentimentality, originality, a lot of things that sound rather empty. I know what they mean. Let's say, "visual impact"… — Walker Evans Copy Share Image
Life itself is not the reality. We are the ones who put life into stones and pebbles. — Frederick Sommer Copy Share Image
I've worked out of a series of no's. No to exquisite light, no to apparent compositions, no to the seduction of poses… — Richard Avedon Copy Share Image
I try to neutralize my figures; I want them to be mythic and timeless. I want them to exist beyond time. I've… — Joyce Tenneson Copy Share Image
Just because I use the photographic medium, that doesn't mean I'm a photographer. — Nikki S. Lee Copy Share Image
I used to want to be a war photographer, and I used to want to be a ballerina and a comedian. I… — Cat Power Copy Share Image
A person is quite different from a tree or rock or stream. By introducing the nude into my pictures, I started perceiving… — Wynn Bullock Copy Share Image
I'd very much like to create my own style as a photographer, even if it's just for myself. — Graeme Le Saux Copy Share Image
I always choose an area that is of personal interest, but I don't plan my travels in detail. There are so many… — Josef Hoflehner Copy Share Image
I could feel myself changing physically. It was like something dropped out of the sky. Seeing her on the fire escape had… — Henry Wessel, Jr Copy Share Image
Photography is a contest between a photographer and the presumptions of approximate and habitual seeing. The contest can be held anywhere ... — John Szarkowski Copy Share Image
A photographer who wants to see, a photographer who wants to make fine images, must recognize the value in the familiar. — Freeman Patterson Copy Share Image
I think because I do model for brands but it's never without input, ever. With AG I front their campaign, and obviously… — Alexa Chung Copy Share Image
I was a Valley girl; I hung out, and through a photographer friend. I met Peter Douglas, who was one of Kirk… — Theresa Russell Copy Share Image
Obviously, we can see what was in front of the camera, but if a photograph is honestly made, it's a bit of… — John Sexton Copy Share Image
Through a portrait, we can potentially see everything — the history and depth of a person's life, as well as evidence of… — Joyce Tenneson Copy Share Image
Photographs are believed more than words; thus they can be used persuasively to show people who have never taken the trouble to… — Eliot Porter Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of photographers: those who compose pictures and those who take them. The former work in studios. For the… — Ernst Haas Copy Share Image
As photographers, we live through things so swiftly. All our experience and training is focused toward snatching off the highlights... That all… — Margaret Bourke-White Copy Share Image
There's never a time that I'm not intrusive. That's the base of what we - photographers - do: we're intrusive. Anyone saying… — Eugene Richards Copy Share Image
There are photographers whose shows I try to make it my business to see, if I'm in the city. There are photographers… — Garry Winogrand Copy Share Image
