The fundamental issue is one of emphasis: you are not a photographer because you are interested in photography...The reason is that photography… — David Hurn Emphasis 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… — David Hurn Age 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 Command 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… — David Hurn Desire Copy Share Image
Learn from the best; the second raters have nothing to offer. — David Hurn Education Copy Share Image
The most important piece of equipment after the camera is a good pair of shoes. — David Hurn Cameras 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,… — David Hurn Expression 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… — David Hurn Action Copy Share Image
You are not a photographer because you are interested in photography. — David Hurn Inspirational Copy Share Image
For me photography is an excuse to be nosy about things I want to know about. — David Hurn Excuse 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… — David Hurn Decided 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 Cameras Copy Share Image
Life as it unfolds in front of the camera is full of so much complexity, wonder and surprise that I find it… — David Hurn Cameras Copy Share Image
I never claim my photographs reveal some definitive truth. I claim that this is what I saw and felt about the subject… — David Hurn Claims Copy Share Image
I think of myself as a reportage photographer. I like the word. It implies a personal account of an observed event with… — David Hurn Accounts Copy Share Image
“These are the two basic controls at the photographer's command--position and timing--all others are extensions, peripheral ones, compared to them” — David Hurn Photography 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… — David Hurn Conditions Copy Share Image
My advice is: learn from the best or teach yourself. And do not bother at all if you do not have an… — David Hurn Advice Copy Share Image
