Gestures Quote by Alex Majoli

One is not really a photographer until preoccupation with learning has been outgrown and the camera in his hands is an extension of himself.…

— Carl Mydans

When people call me a photographer, I always feel like something of a charlatan—at least in Japanese. The word shashin, for photograph, combines the…

— Hiroshi Sugimoto

A photographer must always work with the greatest respect for his subject and in terms of his own point of view.

— Henri Cartier-Bresson

Some photographers take reality... and impose the domination of their own thought and spirit. Others come before reality more tenderly and a photograph to…

— Ansel Adams

I believe that photographers should be passionate, determined, disciplined and ready to seek out their own styles and identities.

— Michael Kenna

A photographer's reality is what he or she wants to show.

— Fred Picker

You have to focus on what you are doing, not just as a photographer, but as a human being.

— Anders Petersen

A photographer looks at everything, which is why he must look from beginning to end. Face the subject head-on, stay fixed, turn the entire…

— Shomei Tomatsu

The secret of photography is, the camera takes on the character and personality of the handler.

— Walker Evans

You must have a visual sense if you want to be a photographer. It is a very subtle thing, this visual business.

— Elliott Erwitt

The photographer has almost as much control over his subject matter as a painter. He can control light and shade, form and space, pattern…

— Andreas Feininger

If you're a photographer, you end up being the raw creative force that allows other people to see what kind of narrative you want…

— Cole Sprouse