I try to take what voice I have and I give it to those who don’t have one at all. — W. Eugene Smith Copy Share Image
I think the most beautiful inventions are the ones you don't think of. — Diane Arbus Copy Share Image
A still photographer is a mechanic. He's not an artist, despite all you read. — Antony Armstrong-Jones Copy Share Image
Trained as a musician, [photographer Ansel] Adams understood the richness of variation that could be unfolded from a simple theme. — John Szarkowski Copy Share Image
I didn't take inspiration from other photographers, which in a way helped to find my own images. — Peter Lindbergh Copy Share Image
Emphasis on technique is justified only so far as it will simplify and clarify the statement of the photographer's concept. — Ansel Adams Copy Share Image
Typically I see it with photographers who go to a place like India or Nepal, and everything's so colorful and exotic and… — Sam Abell Copy Share Image
A person cannot learn to be a photographer. He can only cultivate what he already has. I try to make people aware… — Ruth Bernhard Copy Share Image
... to became neighbours and friends instead of journalists. This is the way to make your finest photographs. — W. Eugene Smith Copy Share Image
A poor photographer meets chance one out of a hundred times and a good photographer meets chance all the time. — Brassai Copy Share Image
“Why you like photography so much? Because it's just the camera and me showing everyone else what we can see. It's telling… — Lindsey Kelk Copy Share Image
“You're a photographer, for Pete's sake. You need a photo of yourself front and center." "Well, yes, but..." A deep sigh followed… — Janice Thompson Copy Share Image
... the possibility of one particular photographer's pictures lying around the corner is never realized until the photographer is there. It's one… — Alex Webb Copy Share Image
The photographer, even in fashion and portraiture, has to have a standpoint. It's important to know what you stand for, no? Most… — Peter Lindbergh Copy Share Image
“A professional headshot in front of a bookshelf says you're an intellectual. A professional headshot peeking though a bookshelf says you're probably… — Ryan Lilly Copy Share Image
This idea fascinates me. The idea that a few seconds of watching a photographer in action can tell you his/her status in… — David Hurn Copy Share Image
What is right? Simply put, it is any assignment in which the photographer has a significant spiritual stake...spiritually driven work constitutes the… — William Albert Allard Copy Share Image
Many photographers are apt to confuse color with noise, and to congratulate themselves when they have almost blown you down with screeching… — Walker Evans Copy Share Image
I'm sometimes called a 'documentary photographer' but... a man operating under that definition could take a sly pleasure in the disguise. Very… — Walker Evans Copy Share Image
We are one human race, and there must be understanding among all men. For those who look at the problems of today,… — Sebastiao Salgado Copy Share Image
A photograph records both the thing in front of the camera and the conditions of its making... A photograph is also a… — James Welling Copy Share Image
Snapshots that have been taken of me working show something I was not aware of at all, that over and over again… — Richard Avedon Copy Share Image
I've never been the type of photographer to live with people I photograph. You know, shoot heroin with them, that kind of… — Alec Soth Copy Share Image
At the beginning, Edo was a photographer, and I was more of a talent scout and doing styling and modelling. Then all… — Maripol Copy Share Image
Fine-art photography is a very small world associated with galleries, museums, and university art programs. It's not like rock music; the products… — Mark Klett Copy Share Image
A good print is really essential. I want to take strong documentary photographs that are as good technically as any of the… — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share Image
Photography is an investigation of both the outer and the inner worlds. The first experiences with the camera involve looking at the… — Ansel Adams Copy Share Image
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