I never claim my photographs reveal some definitive truth. I claim that this is what I saw and felt about the subject at the time the pictures were made. That's all that any photographer can claim. I do not know… — David Hurn Copy Share Image
The destination of the photograph is to reveal what something or somebody looked like, under a particular set of conditions, at a particular moment in time, and to transmit the results to others. — David Hurn Copy Share Image
The fundamental issue is one of emphasis: you are not a photographer because you are interested in photography...The reason is that photography is only… — David Hurn Copy Share Image
In previous ages the word 'art' was used to cover all forms of human skill. The Greeks believed that these skills were given by… — David Hurn Copy Share Image
These are the two basic controls at the photographer's command--positi on and timing--all others are extensions, peripheral ones, compared to them — David Hurn Copy Share Image
There are many forms of photography. I consider myself simply a recorder of that which I find of interest around me. I personally have… — David Hurn Copy Share Image
The most important piece of equipment after the camera is a good pair of shoes. — David Hurn Copy Share Image
It is the purpose of life that each of us strives to become actually what he or she is potentially. Each photographer, then, should… — David Hurn Copy Share Image
This idea fascinates me. The idea that a few seconds of watching a photographer in action can tell you his/her status in the medium.… — David Hurn Copy Share Image
For me photography is an excuse to be nosy about things I want to know about. — David Hurn Copy Share Image
...one day I was speculating on how I would like to look back on life and I decided I wanted to feel that I… — David Hurn Copy Share Image
I'm a photographer, obviously. My chosen tool for understanding life, and communicating the results of this search to others, is the camera. — David Hurn Copy Share Image
