--- title: "9 Started Photographing Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Started Photographing quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Started Photographing sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53f/laurent-baheux-35183_amazing_i-started-photographing-amazing-african_1729488.jpg" --- > [I started photographing amazing African wildlife for my own pleasure. It was like a much-needed antidote to my life in the city,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurent-baheux/i-started-photographing-amazing-african-wildlife-for-my-own-pleasure/) [Laurent Baheux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurent-baheux/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53f/laurent-baheux-35183_amazing_i-started-photographing-amazing-african_1729488.jpg) > [When I started photographing my boyfriend of years ago, Brian, I realised I had no right to photograph other people having sex…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nan-goldin/when-i-started-photographing-my-boyfriend-of-years-ago-brian-i/) [Nan Goldin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nan-goldin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd6/nan-goldin-6289_brian_when-i-started-photographing-my-boyfrien_1168334.png) > [I started photographing people on the street during World War II. I used a little box Brownie. Nothing too expensive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-cunningham/i-started-photographing-people-on-the-street-during-world-war-ii-i/) [Bill Cunningham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-cunningham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8bc/bill-cunningham-22079_box_i-started-photographing-people-on-the-st_1679840.jpg) > [I started photographing men in 1964. Fourteen years later I got a Guggenheim, even so no one would publish the male nudes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judy-dater/i-started-photographing-men-in-1964-fourteen-years-later-i-got-a/) [Judy Dater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judy-dater/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec5/judy-dater-52719_fourteen_i-started-photographing-men-in-1964-four_2550800.jpg) > [Oddly, I'd been to most of the locations where I started photographing slavery many times before. I even considered some of them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-kristine/oddly-i-d-been-to-most-of-the-locations-where-i-started-photographing/) [Lisa Kristine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-kristine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ba/lisa-kristine-39688_been_oddly-i-d-been-to-most-of-the-locations_2339275.jpg) > [ When I started photographing Patti \[Smith\], I knew that there wasn't a whole a lot of information out there about her. I… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-sebring/when-i-started-photographing-patti-smith-i-knew-that-there-wasn-t-a/) [Steven Sebring](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-sebring/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad7/steven-sebring-14700_asking_when-i-started-photographing-patti-smith_1891719.jpg) > [I was flying planes before I was driving cars. I started gliding when I was fourteen, about when I started photographing. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-light/i-was-flying-planes-before-i-was-driving-cars-i-started-gliding-when/) [Michael Light](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-light/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0b/michael-light-27155_cameras_i-was-flying-planes-before-i-was-driving_3073616.jpg) > [I really knew when I started photographing I wanted it to be a way of knowing different cultures, not just in other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-ellen-mark/i-really-knew-when-i-started-photographing-i-wanted-it-to-be-a-way-of/) [Mary Ellen Mark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-ellen-mark/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/115/mary-ellen-mark-8293_countries_i-really-knew-when-i-started-photographi_985465.jpg) > [...I started photographing myself, and found that I could see portions of myself that I had never seen before. Since I face…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucas-samaras/i-started-photographing-myself-and-found-that-i-could-see-portions-of/) [Lucas Samaras](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucas-samaras/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2be/lucas-samaras-42066_causes_i-started-photographing-myself-and-found_696067.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/started-photographing/#itemlist", "name": "Started Photographing Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I started photographing amazing African wildlife for my own pleasure. 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