Staying alive Quotes by Joe McNally

We make pictures. At the end of the day, we create something potentially significant that did not exist at the beginning of the day.…

— Joe McNally

Seán Manchester is, unsurprisingly, very well read in both classical and more recent sources on vampires and vampirism, and cites them with great authority…

— Joe McNally

To me, pictures are about memory.

— Joe McNally

“I slid down in the seat and began to weep. I wept for her, for me, but mostly because the siren call of my…

— Joe McNally

John Loengard, the picture editor at Life, always used to tell me, ”If you want something to look interesting, don’t light all of it.

— Joe McNally

A career in photography is a journey without a destination.

— Joe McNally

Don’t pack up your camera until you’ve left the location.

— Joe McNally

Always remember to make room to shoot what you love. It's the only way to keep your heart beating as a photographer.

— Joe McNally

“When I was in school, I wanted to be W. Eugene Smith. He was a legendary staffer at Life, a consummate photojournalist, and an…

— Joe McNally

If you view your life as a piece of fabric or a tapestry, the photography is the stitching. It keeps everything together.

— Joe McNally

No matter how much crap you gotta plow through to stay alive as a photographer, no matter how many bad assignments, bad days, bad…

— Joe McNally

Ansel Adams rattled around the Southwest with his battered truck and his view camera, which looked like a giant accordion with a lens attached…

— Joe McNally