--- title: "20 Photojournalist Quotes by 17 authors" description: "Browse 20 Photojournalist quotes by 17 authors. Discover the best Photojournalist sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b1/robert-mapplethorpe-11315_quote_i-m-not-a-photojournalist-1571842_1571842.jpg" --- > [I'm not a photojournalist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mapplethorpe/i-m-not-a-photojournalist/) [Robert Mapplethorpe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mapplethorpe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b1/robert-mapplethorpe-11315_quote_i-m-not-a-photojournalist-1571842_1571842.jpg) > [I'm not a documentarian. I'm not a photojournalist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wangechi-mutu/i-m-not-a-documentarian-i-m-not-a-photojournalist/) [Wangechi Mutu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wangechi-mutu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32e/wangechi-mutu-11352_photography_i-m-not-a-documentarian-i-m-not-a-photoj_2735357.jpg) > [If I wasn't a comic or TV star, I really wanted to be a photojournalist. That was my other dream job.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/drew-carey/if-i-wasn-t-a-comic-or-tv-star-i-really-wanted-to-be-a/) [Drew Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/drew-carey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/706/drew-carey-2550_comic_if-i-wasn-t-a-comic-or-tv-star-i-really_2363597.jpg) > [You are not just a photojournalist, you're a historian.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-eppridge/you-are-not-just-a-photojournalist-you-re-a-historian/) [Bill Eppridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-eppridge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/205/bill-eppridge-70433_historian_you-are-not-just-a-photojournalist-you-r_1042616.jpg) > [If I wasn't a comic or TV star, I really wanted to be a photojournalist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/drew-carey/if-i-wasn-t-a-comic-or-tv-star-i-really-wanted-to-be-a-photojournalist/) [Drew Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/drew-carey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c1/drew-carey-2550_comic_if-i-wasn-t-a-comic-or-tv-star-i-really_1839947.jpg) > [My evolution into becoming a photojournalist started with falling in love with literature when I was a teenager, falling in love with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-kashi/my-evolution-into-becoming-a-photojournalist-started-with-falling-in/) [Ed Kashi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-kashi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c56/ed-kashi-62966_becoming_my-evolution-into-becoming-a-photojourna_737421.jpg) > [Unfortunately, conflicts have always been there and they don't seem to be stopping. I'm a journalist and a photojournalist at heart, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaul-schwarz/unfortunately-conflicts-have-always-been-there-and-they-don-t-seem-to/) [Shaul Schwarz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaul-schwarz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67c/shaul-schwarz-50559_conflict_unfortunately-conflicts-have-always-been_1690437.jpg) > [“When asked about his photographic techniques, Arthur “Weegee” Fellig, a photojournalist from the 30s and 40s, answered, “f/8 and be there.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-northrup/when-asked-about-his-photographic-techniques-arthur-weegee-fellig-a/) [Tony Northrup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-northrup/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9da/tony-northrup-82781_quote_when-asked-about-his-photographic-techni_1350982.jpg) > [To be a photojournalist takes experience, skill, endurance, energy, salesmanship, organization, wheedling, climbing, gatecrashing, etc. - plus an eye and patience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-orkin/to-be-a-photojournalist-takes-experience-skill-endurance-energy/) [Ruth Orkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-orkin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a9/ruth-orkin-78896_climbing_to-be-a-photojournalist-takes-experience_1663278.jpg) > [If you call yourself an artist, you won't get anything published. Call yourself a photojournalist, and then you can do whatever you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-capa/if-you-call-yourself-an-artist-you-won-t-get-anything-published-call/) [Robert Capa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-capa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/141/robert-capa-22626_art_if-you-call-yourself-an-artist-you-won-t_1523362.jpg) > [Reporters listen, photographers look. If you are doing your job seriously as a photojournalist, your sight must be the primary sense that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-eppridge/reporters-listen-photographers-look-if-you-are-doing-your-job/) [Bill Eppridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-eppridge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48a/bill-eppridge-70433_all-time_reporters-listen-photographers-look-if-y_3044090.jpg) > [My job is very simply that of a photojournalist. I want to stop people's eye on the page, I want to move…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antony-armstrong-jones/my-job-is-very-simply-that-of-a-photojournalist-i-want-to-stop-people/) [Antony Armstrong-Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antony-armstrong-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1c/antony-armstrong-jones-27998_eye_my-job-is-very-simply-that-of-a-photojou_35585.jpg) > [If you want to be a photographer, particularly a photojournalist , you want to learn about the world. You want to learn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-kashi/if-you-want-to-be-a-photographer-particularly-a-photojournalist-you/) [Ed Kashi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-kashi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/618/ed-kashi-62966_about-yourself_if-you-want-to-be-a-photographer-particu_559133.jpg) > [F8 And Be There! For years, this was the cry of the photojournalist. It meant that 90% of a great photo was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dewitt-jones/f8-and-be-there-for-years-this-was-the-cry-of-the-photojournalist-it/) [Dewitt Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dewitt-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ea/dewitt-jones-21845_age_f8-and-be-there-for-years-this-was-the-c_1423346.png) > [As we all know, the objective and mission of the photojournalist is to show us the reality of the world. And in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfredo-jaar/as-we-all-know-the-objective-and-mission-of-the-photojournalist-is-to/) [Alfredo Jaar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfredo-jaar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/548/alfredo-jaar-30663_capture_as-we-all-know-the-objective-and-mission_2387000.jpg) > [There's a tired notion that the photojournalist has to be disengaged to be able to shoot what he shoots, and that's such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-mann/there-s-a-tired-notion-that-the-photojournalist-has-to-be-disengaged/) [Michael Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-mann/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad3/michael-mann-18140_able_there-s-a-tired-notion-that-the-photojou_268472.png) > [What does a professional photojournalist do that others cannot? Depicting photo opportunities as if they are authentic, covering press conferences, or making…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-ritchin/what-does-a-professional-photojournalist-do-that-others-cannot/) [Fred Ritchin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-ritchin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ead/fred-ritchin-28953_adequate_what-does-a-professional-photojournalist_2913799.jpg) > [As an emerging photojournalist in the early 70s, my focus was on trying to create stories for magazines to the exclusion of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/as-an-emerging-photojournalist-in-the-early-70s-my-focus-was-on/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/336/anonymous-1_chance_as-an-emerging-photojournalist-in-the-ea_1370939.jpg) > [Photojournalist? With a few exceptions, those of us working as photojournalists might now more appropriately call ourselves illustrators. For, unlike real reporters,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-richards/photojournalist-with-a-few-exceptions-those-of-us-working-as/) [Eugene Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-richards/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/512/eugene-richards-38595_documents_photojournalist-with-a-few-exceptions-th_708314.png) > [I am an idealist. I often feel I would like to be an artist in an ivory tower. Yet it is imperative…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-eugene-smith/i-am-an-idealist-i-often-feel-i-would-like-to-be-an-artist-in-an/) [W. Eugene Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-eugene-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c11/w-eugene-smith-17192_art_i-am-an-idealist-i-often-feel-i-would-li_219378.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/photojournalist/#itemlist", "name": "Photojournalist Quotes", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm not a photojournalist.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robert Mapplethorpe" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mapplethorpe/i-m-not-a-photojournalist/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b1/robert-mapplethorpe-11315_quote_i-m-not-a-photojournalist-1571842_1571842.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b1/robert-mapplethorpe-11315_quote_i-m-not-a-photojournalist-1571842_1571842.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b1/robert-mapplethorpe-11315_quote_i-m-not-a-photojournalist-1571842_1571842.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'm not a photojournalist.” — Robert Mapplethorpe", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm not a documentarian. 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