You don't do pictures because the audience is ready for them. You do them because there's something gnawing at you, something inside. — Paul Haggis Copy Share Image
“I did not understand, taking those pictures, that history must be collected while the subject exists. If not, what goes unrecorded can… — Susanna Daniel Copy Share Image
I've had so much stress in the last year so it's really a struggle. I never hide, when I walk down the… — Carnie Wilson Copy Share Image
Above all, I craved to seize the whole essence, in the confines of one single photograph, of some situation that was in… — Henri Cartier-Bresson Copy Share Image
“there is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about. A portrait… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
There's this crazy thinking that style guarantees truth. You go out with a hand-held camera, use available light, and somehow the truth… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
The picture can tells thousand of words, but your memories in that event are enough to fill thousand of buckets. — Nathaniel Quimada Copy Share Image
So successful has been the camera's role in beautifying the world that photographs, rather than the world, have become the standard of… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
Two factors thus emerge as requisites of success in the field of creative photography. First, the subject must be photogenic. Second, its… — Andreas Feininger Copy Share Image
The phenomena of taking photos and sharing them isn't new, but with Instagram being mobile, both have become cheaper and faster, producing… — Mary Pilon Copy Share Image
Fashion pictures show people looking glamorous. Travel pictures show a place looking at its best, nothing to do with the reality. In… — Martin Parr Copy Share Image
My urge to photograph is activated by an almost biological instinct for preservation from disorder. The camera is a mechanical apparatus that… — Arthur Tress Copy Share Image
It's not fiction's job to be photographically representative of reality. If I want to make a fictional world where there's no kindness,… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
The eyes sparked a lot of things for me, it could be somebody remembering something they had witnessed or heard about, or… — Alex Prager Copy Share Image
It's important to take bad pictures. It's the bad ones that have to do with what you've never done before. They can… — Diane Arbus Copy Share Image
Within every man and woman a secret is hidden, and as a photographer it is my task to reveal it if I… — Yousuf Karsh Copy Share Image
What I find really interesting is, whenever you see the person who gives you the portrait of yourself, the portrait seems to… — Hilary Hahn Copy Share Image
“If you're waiting for a sign from the skies to become a great photographer, the extraordinary images that suddenly appear before you… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
I embrace the abstract in photography and exist on a few bits of order extracted from the chaos of reality. — Ralph Gibson Copy Share Image
When setting out on a photographic holiday, always provide yourself with two cameras, one to leave in the train going and the… — W. C. Sellar Copy Share Image
I want my pictures to be things. I want them to be made up of marks that are physically and individually self-sufficient. — Howard Hodgkin Copy Share Image
I like there to be a joke in practically every photo I take. Nobody has the right to make photography boring. — Norman Parkinson Copy Share Image
I seem to be always returning to photography in my poetry. I guess you could say that I'm documenting the personal history… — Gerard Malanga Copy Share Image
I'm an unabashed sports photo fanboy, the kind of weirdo who seeks out the infinitesimal picture credits. — Steve Rushin Copy Share Image
What’s so incredibly amusing with photography is that while seemingly an art of the surface, it catches things I haven’t even noticed.… — Jacques-Henri Lartigue Copy Share Image
Cameras are a lifesaver for very shy people who have nowhere else to hide. Behind a lens they can disguise the fact… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
Digital imaging allows both groups to rise above the limitations of mess and clutter and mechanics, and apply our talents to creating… — Buffy Sainte-Marie Copy Share Image
The word 'paradox' has always had a kind of magic for me, and I think my pictures have a paradoxical quality, a… — Bridget Riley Copy Share Image
I like to take pictures of my Starbucks cups because, while I don't think my name is that difficult, apparently it is! — Briga Heelan Copy Share Image
Mostly the subject of the photograph, which can be anyone really, coming down the street - someone that has no idea. "Heroism"… — Hedi Slimane Copy Share Image
The picture is the imitation and converted reality of the goods, in short, an indirect substitute for reality. — Herbert Bayer Copy Share Image
Everyone has a point of view. Some people call it style, but what we're really talking about is the guts of a… — Annie Leibovitz Copy Share Image
One of the reasons that I do a lot of different kinds of pictures is because I learn a lot when I'm… — Jennifer Jason Leigh Copy Share Image
Kids and cameras are a big things with me. Find a kid who digs cameras and share one simple photo tip with… — Nick Kelsh Copy Share Image
I started thinking of digital imaging, not photography, in 1994 as it seemed the most appropriate way to deal with ideas of… — Patricia Piccinini Copy Share Image
From creating a new sovereign to affairs of the heart, majestic moments to everyday life, when monarchy wants to send a message… — Lucy Worsley Copy Share Image
Back in the day with Ronnie Coleman, there's a fairly famous photo with me doing the bicep pose with him. I also… — Scott Steiner Copy Share Image
In portraits, the grace and, we may add, the likeness consists more in taking the general air than in observing the exact… — Joshua Reynolds Copy Share Image
“Your names and your photos give you a unique identity. Make and maintain a good name in the hearts of people. Paint… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
[The most important factor in making a good picture is] to know who or what you are photographing. It is not about… — Mona Kuhn Copy Share Image
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