Time eventually positions most photographs, even the most amateurish, at the level of art. — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
The world now contains more photographs than bricks, and they are, astonishingly, all different. — John Szarkowski Copy Share Image
We had a giant framed picture of Keith Richards in our house growing up, so that was fun. — Sarah Sherman Copy Share Image
You can go into all sorts of situations with a camera and people will think they should serve it. — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
I have lived in a flurry of images, but I will go out in a freeze frame. — Anthony Quinn Copy Share Image
I work very quickly. I only ever take one picture of one thing. Literally. Never two. — William Eggleston Copy Share Image
I believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration. — Man Ray Copy Share Image
Since the model he so faithfully copies is not going to be hung up next to the picture... it is of no… — Lucian Freud Copy Share Image
I consider myself very lucky. I'm known for photographing celebrities, but, in a nutshell, my first love is photography. — Douglas Kirkland Copy Share Image
For me, looking at small images somehow recreates the experience of looking through a viewfinder… At this size they're edible. You don't… — Judy Fiskin Copy Share Image
The key to my work is that I stopped, physically, to observe something. I raised my camera and recorded my observations. — Julius Shulman Copy Share Image
Life is like a camera; Focus on what's important, capture the good times, develop from the negatives and if it goes wrong...Take… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Images sometimes capture particular periods in history. The unreachable green light, beckoning from across the bay in 'The Great Gatsby,' has become… — David Ignatius Copy Share Image
Many of my family members are teachers in the arts, and I picked up the camera years ago, in high school. — Steven Sebring Copy Share Image
All I know is for a number of years, if someone like me called police for a burglary, a mugging, or something… — Hugh Grant Copy Share Image
The ratio of successful shots is one in God-knows-how-many. Sometimes you'll get several in one contact sheet, and sometimes it's none for… — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
A picture is what it is and I've never noticed that it helps to talk about them, or answer specific questions about… — William Eggleston Copy Share Image
What I find most satisfying about photography is the way in which it allows me to document 'reality' while at the same… — Alix Smith Copy Share Image
In 1978 I decided not to work with Man Ray as an act of self-discipline. I didn't want to rely on him.… — William Wegman Copy Share Image
Well, I liked it - that was the main thing. I liked it, but I didn't think of it in terms of… — Herb Ritts Copy Share Image
Many photographers feel their client is the subject. My client is a woman in Kansas who reads Vogue. I'm trying to intrigue,… — Irving Penn Copy Share Image
“I liked watching them, all three of them around my truck. I wanted time to stop because everything seemed so simple, Dante… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
As photographers, we must learn to relax our beliefs. Move on objects with your eye straight on, to the left, around on… — Aaron Siskind Copy Share Image
