My early self-portraits appeared effortlessly and seemed like equivalents for my deeper emotions. Many critics remarked that the images had an almost… — Joyce Tenneson Copy Share Image
Photography came as a substitute. I was painfully shy and found talking to people difficult; a camera in hand gave me a… — Martine Franck Copy Share Image
Photographers and artists contribute a lot to the world and have a right to exist in relative security and comfort. — Ansel Adams Copy Share Image
I started shooting pictures because I had all these photographers around me, and life was kind of boring creatively because you play… — Johnny Colt Copy Share Image
War is the easiest photography in the business. Just get close, be lucky, know how your camera works. There are subjects everywhere.… — David Douglas Duncan Copy Share Image
I never have taken a picture I've intended. They're always better or worse. — Diane Arbus Copy Share Image
I try not to tell students where to shoot, when to shoot, or what to shoot. I feel finding the picture is… — Jay Maisel Copy Share Image
There's a time when people say your work is revolutionary, but you have to keep being revolutionary. I can't keep shooting pop… — Rankin Copy Share Image
My photographs are a celebration of life, fun and the beautiful. They are a world that doesn't exist. A fantasy. Freedom is… — Ryan McGinley Copy Share Image
“After the attack, it was again the image of the country, rather than the well-being of those who had been caught up… — John R. Bradley Copy Share Image
I don't really have a treasured possession, but I do love my family's proper old photo album. We all have hundreds of… — Nicola Walker Copy Share Image
Rather than a profession, photography has always been a passion for me, a passion closer to an obsession. — Marc Riboud Copy Share Image
Before, the myth of photography doesn't lie was used in order to cover up tricks. If I [make a] portrait [of] you,… — Pedro Meyer Copy Share Image
It is my belief that the most challenging photographs are those that create a tension between what we refer to as the… — Roger Ballen Copy Share Image
A great photograph needs no explanation; it functions by suggestion. There is no need to be explicit. — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share Image
I have a terror of things being nice and knowing what to expect. Making a photograph is a license to have experiences… — Katy Grannan Copy Share Image
I believe your thoughts are your thoughts, but are you a human being in front of the camera, or an actor? They… — Harry Lloyd Copy Share Image
I worked a little as a messenger on a bicycle and then decided to study photography and film. — Ori Gersht Copy Share Image
The camera is to the Photographer what the pen is to the Writer: a tool to express a vision — Myriam Leforestier Copy Share Image
Always point your finger at the chest of the person with whom you are being photographed. You will appear dynamic. And no… — Ken Auletta Copy Share Image
Being in front of the camera is a lot of hard work, and I'm not cut out for it. — Gauri Khan Copy Share Image
I try to learn from both, from features and documentaries. In both cases you have to find a way to make the… — Michel Gondry Copy Share Image
Any time you do opposing camera angles, there's gonna be some compromise in the lighting. — Michael Spiller Copy Share Image
Then I thought I was going to be a photographer. I tried a hand at darkroom technician. I played in a band.… — Guy Johnson Copy Share Image
I never intended to write poems, nor to be a photographer, nor to be a film-maker. I just took many, many pictures… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
