I think people imitate actors - things they've seen in a movie or on TV, and before you know it, they're doing something with their face or their mouth. It's from some actor they think is cool. They might not… — Tina Barney Copy Share Image
[My advice to a beginning photographer is] sit down with a pencil and paper and think about what your life is about. What you are about. Don't even take a camera into your hands before you figure that out. — Tina Barney Copy Share Image
I never thought that my work was going to become well-known. It started happening slowly, without my realizing it. But when I did, it… — Tina Barney Copy Share Image
Does getting closer to the subject make the photograph more intimate? I'm sure it takes more than that. What comes next? The face, the… — Tina Barney Copy Share Image
I feel as if most people are pretty much the same within a certain class, due to the schools they attend and the way… — Tina Barney Copy Share Image
I sometimes get commissioned to photograph families, and they see the results and say, "Oh, I look terrible." And that's when I realize the… — Tina Barney Copy Share Image
Color is very important in my work. That comes from style. My mother was a fashion model and an interior decorator, so that was… — Tina Barney Copy Share Image
I've always said that the Europeans subconsciously knew how to pose because of the culture or tradition of having your portrait made. They were… — Tina Barney Copy Share Image
I usually know when I take the picture. There's always some kind of un-self-conscious thing going on, so that it doesn't look like they're… — Tina Barney Copy Share Image
My theory is, the more pictures you take, the better you get. It's like a sport. I never wait to get a particular shot… — Tina Barney Copy Share Image
People aren't really looking at the result when taking a picture on an iPhone. And they don't print it. So to me, it's almost… — Tina Barney Copy Share Image
The idea of the portrait itself is my great love. The questions and answers in it can go on forever and ever. It is… — Tina Barney Copy Share Image
I know now that before I take a picture I have to be sure about how I feel about the subjects. What I don't… — Tina Barney Copy Share Image
Can you see the deaths, divorces, job losses or changes, disappointments, surprises, and successes on people's faces? Have they been happy, sad, disillusioned, or… — Tina Barney Copy Share Image
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