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> [That's one of the troubles of photography; the implication that what you have in that photograph is the way it is, and of course a year later that's not the way it is. Life moves on and the picture stays.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-richards/that-s-one-of-the-troubles-of-photography-the-implication-that-what/)

[Eugene Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-richards/)

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## More by Eugene Richards

> [I chose to be a photographer twenty-two years ago, but I don't know that I'd make that choice again. Back in the early eighties,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-richards/i-chose-to-be-a-photographer-twenty-two-years-ago-but-i-don-t-know/)

[Eugene Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-richards/)

> [Photojournalist? With a few exceptions, those of us working as photojournalists might now more appropriately call ourselves illustrators. For, unlike real reporters, whose job…](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/)

> [I can photograph someone if I can touch them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-richards/i-can-photograph-someone-if-i-can-touch-them/)

[Eugene Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-richards/)

> [War all comes down to these little tiny stories about people's lives that will never be the same.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-richards/war-all-comes-down-to-these-little-tiny-stories-about-people-s-lives/)

[Eugene Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-richards/)

> [My biggest problem is I'm so uninteresting that all these people forget I'm around.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-richards/my-biggest-problem-is-i-m-so-uninteresting-that-all-these-people/)

[Eugene Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-richards/)

> [...it is pretentious for photographers to believe that their pictures alone change things. If they did, we wouldn't be besieged by war, by incidents…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-richards/it-is-pretentious-for-photographers-to-believe-that-their-pictures/)

[Eugene Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-richards/)

> [Approaching people is not - it's ironic that it's what I do - but it's not necessarily what I enjoy doing. Later on, I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-richards/approaching-people-is-not-it-s-ironic-that-it-s-what-i-do-but-it-s/)

[Eugene Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-richards/)

> [I'm often uncomfortable taking pictures, especially if people are grieving, or hurt, or hungry. At such times I have to remind myself that I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-richards/i-m-often-uncomfortable-taking-pictures-especially-if-people-are/)

[Eugene Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-richards/)

> [That's one of the troubles of photography; the implication that what you have in that photograph is the way it is, and of course…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-richards/that-s-one-of-the-troubles-of-photography-the-implication-that-what/)

[Eugene Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-richards/)

> [It's a process of getting to know people. That's what photography is to me. It's about paying attention, not screwing up and blowing a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-richards/it-s-a-process-of-getting-to-know-people-that-s-what-photography-is/)

[Eugene Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-richards/)

> [There's never a time that I'm not intrusive. That's the base of what we - photographers - do: we're intrusive. Anyone saying the opposite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-richards/there-s-never-a-time-that-i-m-not-intrusive-that-s-the-base-of-what/)

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