What Bell is to the telephone—or, more aptly, what Eastman is to photography—Haloid could be to xerography. — Chester Carlson Copy Share Image
When I start thinking about a story, I don't start by thinking about the fashion, but about who I want to photograph… — Peter Lindbergh Copy Share Image
There is a big difference between The Merchant of Venice and a photograph of two males of different races in an erotic… — Jesse Helms Copy Share Image
It is not altogether wrong to say that there is no such thing as a bad photograph - only less interesting, less… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
If you want to edit your photos and make yourself look different, go for it. That is up to you, but in… — Peyton List Copy Share Image
The first thing I do is take Polaroids of the sitter - 10 or 12 color Polaroids and eight or 10 black-and whites. — Chuck Close Copy Share Image
“Thumbing through photo albums I see pictures that show I once smiled and tell me that I existed, but if you took… — Grace Bowman Copy Share Image
I've been in wars and in riots and hung out of many helicopters in the early days. And there's a detachment that… — Haskell Wexler Copy Share Image
The work is primarily subject-driven. All decisions flow from there. The photographs are all made in response to a unique subject, in… — Gregory Heisler Copy Share Image
“Most photographers have some kind of verbal patter going on when they shoot: "Great. Turn to me. Big smile. Less shark eyes.… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
It's entirely ridiculous and hopeless to try to compete with somebody who made such a huge contribution to photography... I knew when… — Amy Arbus Copy Share Image
Photography makes one conscious of beauty everywhere, even in the simplest things, even in what is often considered commonplace or ugly. Yet… — Alvin Langdon Coburn Copy Share Image
There are many schools of painting. Why should there not be many schools of photographic art? There is hardly a right and… — Alfred Stieglitz Copy Share Image
“With the willingness of Time-Life and a team of historians, forensic anthropologists, photographic experts, and cutting edge technology, the means are at… — Lawrence Verria Copy Share Image
Using a camera appeases the anxiety which the work-driven feel about not working when they are on vacation and supposed to be… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
I, you know, am all over the place — every category of pictures I have made, good, bad or indifferent. I could… — Billy Wilder Copy Share Image
When I was 19, I picked up an old, tiny, automatic Yashica camera and I just started shooting. We didn't have iPhones… — Drew Barrymore Copy Share Image
Let me just say this: You know your campaign is not going well when you open a press conference by saying, 'I… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be a photographer. I was fascinated with the materials, but I never dreamed I would be having this… — Lee Friedlander Copy Share Image
Winston, I don't know what I want, but I want you to go out and get it. When I see it, I'll… — O. Winston Link Copy Share Image
Photography through the camera is an instrument of detection. We photograph not only what we know, but also what we don't know. — Lisette Model Copy Share Image
Today, the smartphone in your pocket has a high-quality digital camera. Everyone - not just artists - is a photographer, and the… — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
I spent ages learning to take photos, which was a lot of fun, and I think it really helped readers get excited… — Ella Woodward Copy Share Image
I love to utilize my celebrity status in a responsible and constructive and substantive manner. I like to get my hands dirty… — William Baldwin Copy Share Image
“In successful photography, you don't just look alive at the photo, but the photo also looks alive at you!” — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
I won't do reality. That is done. And I don't want people following me around with a camera 24 hours a day. — Mario Cantone Copy Share Image
The trouble with photographing beautiful women is that you never get into the dark room until after they've gone. — Yousuf Karsh Copy Share Image
If you look at any great fashion photograph out of context, it will tell you just as much about what's going on… — Anna Wintour Copy Share Image
My first serious project was photographing badgers - very, very difficult as they are shy and nocturnal. — Nigel Dennis Copy Share Image
So-called 'realist' photography does not capture the 'what is.' Instead, it is preoccupied with what should not be, like the reality of… — Jean Baudrillard Copy Share Image
I did take my camera along, as I felt there wouldn't be enough time to draw the things I wanted to do.… — Ben Shahn Copy Share Image
When you think of fashion photography, it's a dream. It's like we all want to be those women. We want to wear… — Stella McCartney Copy Share Image
I just hope that I get a chance to keep making pictures in the atmosphere of freedom to make mistakes, and to… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
I'm a project-based photographer; I think in narrative terms, the way a writer thinks of a book, or a filmmaker a film. — Alec Soth Copy Share Image
Some people, myself in particular, have an adversarial relationship with the camera, and it sprouts up in every photograph. — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
We're constantly taking pictures of ourselves. It's a bit scary, because images are essentially dead, so we judge beauty on something that… — Elle Fanning Copy Share Image
“I have seen John Scalzi's pose-off picture. There are no words. There is only inarticulate whimpering.” — Jim C. Hines Copy Share Image
I see myself on the cover of a magazine and I don't think that it looks like me at all. My first-ever… — Elize Du Toit Copy Share Image
Photography is very presumptuous. Photographers are always photographing other people's lives - something they know nothing about - and drawing great inferences… — Duane Michals Copy Share Image
I wanted to write or direct more than I wanted to be in front of the camera. I still occasionally feel completely… — Jacob Anderson Copy Share Image
