Body Quote by Anonymous

You must feel an affinity for what you are photographing. You must be part of it, and yet remain sufficiently detached to see it…

— George Rodger

I'm an observer in life, not a participant. That's why I'm a documentarian who looks through a camera. I'm not a touchy-feely person; I'm…

— Joe Berlinger

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

— Anders Petersen

I have often photographed when I am not in tune with nature but the photographs look as if I had been. So I conclude…

— Minor White

I think a photograph, of whatever it might be - a landscape, a person - requires personal involvement. That means knowing your subject, not…

— Frans Lanting

I think a photograph, of whatever it might be - a landscape, a person - requires personal involvement. That means knowing your subject, not…

— Frans Lanting

Something about photography is tied to a very specific relationship with the material world. It doesn't have to be, but the way I practice…

— Zoe Leonard

We all expect photographs to be a picture of something. We assume that the photographer observed a place, a person, an event in the…

— Uta Barth

My photography comes from absolute matter-of-fact situations but also from a deep curiosity that I possess for people, for what they do and how…

— Massimo Vitali

I photograph Nature, which includes human beings.

— Freeman Patterson

Photography is about being patient. I'm quiet, I watch the situation. I let things happen and photograph them when they happen; that's my approach,…

— Olivia Arthur

I'm photographing myself out there. Not myself physically, but mentally. It's my take on the world.

— Bruce Gilden