Nothing happens when you sit at home. I always make it a point to carry a camera with me at all times...I… — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
It's just seeing - at least the photography I care about. You either see or you don't see. The rest is academic.… — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
Photography is pretty simple stuff. You just react to what you see, and take many, many pictures. — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
It's about reacting to what you see, hopefully without preconception. You can find pictures anywhere. It's simply a matter of noticing things… — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
Photography is a craft. Anyone can learn a craft with normal intelligence and application. To take it beyond the craft is something… — Elliott Erwitt 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
Good photography is not about Zone Printing or any other Ansel Adams nonsense. It's just about seeing. You either see or you… — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
Making people laugh is one of the highest achievements you can have. And when you can make someone laugh and cry, alternatively,… — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
Everybody's got to do something... I'd been on my own since an early age and I thought I better find something to… — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
I like to think I keep my mind open. When I walk the streets I don't look for anything in particular. I… — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
Working myself into a position of total versatility, so that I can do anything I want to do at the time I… — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
All the technique in the world doesn't compensate for the inability to notice. — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
I don't think you can create luck. You're either lucky or you're not. I don't know if it's really luck or if… — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
Somehow Photoshop and the ease with which one can produce an image has degraded the quality of photography in general. — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
I like things that have to do with what is real, elegant, well presented and without excessive style. In other words, just… — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
When I get up in the morning I brush my teeth and go about my business, and if I am going anywhere… — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
The thing is that when you don't carry a camera, that's when you see pictures in particular, or at least that's when… — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
You can find pictures anywhere. It's simply a matter of noticing things and organizing them. — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
I wasn't imposing my presence on anyone, which is very important for a would- be journalist. I stayed back. Always let people… — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
I'm not a serious photographer like many of my contemporaries. That is to say, I am serious about not being serious. — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little… — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
Nothing happens when you sit at home. I always make it a point to carry a camera with me at all times...I just shoot… — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
Photoshop is useful in many ways but must NEVER be used for the altering of photographs. My assistants and my agency do whatever Photoshop… — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
I don't really have a favorite camera. I use a Leica and Canon a lot. It depends, especially professionally, on the requirements. But my… — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
It's just seeing - at least the photography I care about. You either see or you don't see. The rest is academic. Anyone can… — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
Photography is pretty simple stuff. You just react to what you see, and take many, many pictures. — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
After following the crowd for a while, I'd then go 180 degrees in the exact opposite direction. It always worked for me. — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
It's about reacting to what you see, hopefully without preconception. You can find pictures anywhere. It's simply a matter of noticing things and organising… — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
Photography is a craft. Anyone can learn a craft with normal intelligence and application. To take it beyond the craft is something else. That's… — Elliott Erwitt 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 just a… — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
Good photography is not about Zone Printing or any other Ansel Adams nonsense. It's just about seeing. You either see or you don't see.… — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
