Photojournalism Quotes

I always believed that photography was subjective, interpretive and certainly did not represent the truth, but I did think that its status…

— Fred Ritchin

If you are walking down the street, camera in your hand, loaded and ready to shoot. You see a person falling from…

— Leonard Nimoy

One of the leading uses of photography by the mass media came to be called photojournalism. From the late 'twenties' to the…

— John Szarkowski

After I discovered my degree in photojournalism would only get me a job in a camera store, I taught myself lighting. I…

— Peter Menzel

I think photojournalism is documentary photography with a purpose.

— W. Eugene Smith

Photojournalism has become a hybrid enterprise of amateurs and professionals, along with surveillance cameras, Google Street Views, and other sources. What is…

— Fred Ritchin

That [photographs] disturb readers is exactly as it should be: that's why photojournalism is often more powerful than written journalism.

— Nora Ephron

What is photojournalism? Occasionally, a very unique photo, in which form is precise and rich enough and content has enough resonance, is…

— Henri

I have always felt that a lot of the most interesting work, not just mine but other people's, falls into [the] nether…

— Alex Webb

The denunciation of suffering by photography has replaced the religious justification of suffering in painting. Denunciation is a function of photojournalism, and…

— Luc Delahaye

... photojournalism has its tremendous rewards and it's wonderful work. In what other work can you wander aimlessly with a camera around…

— Larry Towell

And what we called photojournalism, the photos seen in places like Life magazine, didn't interest me either. They were just not good-there…

— William Eggleston

I stopped doing that [photojournalism] and wrote some screenplays on speculation, because even though I wanted to direct, to direct you need…

— Curtis Hanson

Running through a lot of traditional photojournalism there is an overwhelming sense of... pictures that say something, that define something. I'm not…

— Alex Webb

[Photojournalism] really is the only branch of photography that's a credit to our profession. We see, we understand; we see more, we…

— Philip Jones Griffiths

Photojournalism is neither photography or journalism. It has its function but it's not where I see myself: the press is for me…

— Luc Delahaye

If it makes you laugh, if it makes you cry, if it rips out your heart, that's a good picture.

— Eddie Adams

I only use a camera like I use a toothbrush. It does the job.

— Don McCullin

I did it [photojournalism] as something that was really rewarding to do, given the opportunity to express myself about something I cared…

— Curtis Hanson

I have a completely worthless degree: a BS in Photojournalism from Boston University (BU). With this degree, I suppose I could have…

— Peter Menzel

When you've lived through the golden age of photojournalism, there's no point in being nostalgic.

— David Burnett

This idea of helping the next generation is a very intrinsic part of photojournalism. We need to continue to build this new…

— Ron Haviv

I have problems with a lot of photography, particularly street photography and photojournalism - objectifying the other, finding the contempt and exoticism…

— Barbara Kruger

War isn't a TV show with plot twists to keep the viewers interested. The proliferation of images and blanket media coverage have…

— David Burnett