--- title: "4 George Rodger Quotes - Famous War photographer (The Blitz)" description: "George William Adam Rodger was a British photojournalist. He was noted for his work in Africa, and for photographing mass deaths at Bergen-Belsen concen..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-rodger-37944.jpg" --- ![Portrait of George Rodger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-rodger-37944.jpg) # George Rodger (1908–1995) War Photographer **4** quotes in **43** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet George Rodger was a war photographer, best known for *The Blitz*. ## Quick Facts About George Rodger Born March 19, 1908 Died July 24, 1995 Profession War Photographer Notable works The Blitz ## About George Rodger George William Adam Rodger was a British photojournalist. He was noted for his work in Africa, and for photographing mass deaths at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp during the end of the World War II. ## Quotes by George Rodger > [I may juggle the composition, as the strength of a picture is in the composition. Or I may play with the light.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-rodger/i-may-juggle-the-composition-as-the-strength-of-a-picture-is-in-the/) [George Rodger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-rodger/) [Composition](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/composition/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/411/george-rodger-72348_composition_i-may-juggle-the-composition-as-the-stre_218832.jpg) > [I had no contact with my contemporaries in the photographic field, nor even knowledge of their work. So I was influenced by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-rodger/i-had-no-contact-with-my-contemporaries-in-the-photographic-field-nor/) [George Rodger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-rodger/) [Contact](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/contact/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f2/george-rodger-72348_contact_i-had-no-contact-with-my-contemporaries_1446747.jpg) > [You must feel an affinity for what you are photographing. You must be part of it, and yet remain sufficiently detached to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-rodger/you-must-feel-an-affinity-for-what-you-are-photographing-you-must-be/) [George Rodger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-rodger/) [Affinity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/affinity/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce7/george-rodger-72348_affinity_you-must-feel-an-affinity-for-what-you-a_1625009.jpg) > [It wasn't even a matter of what I was photographing, as what had happened to me in the process. When I discovered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-rodger/it-wasn-t-even-a-matter-of-what-i-was-photographing-as-what-had/) [George Rodger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-rodger/) [Camps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/camps/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fe/george-rodger-72348_camps_it-wasn-t-even-a-matter-of-what-i-was-ph_3186940.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-rodger/#itemlist", "name": "George Rodger Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I may juggle the composition, as the strength of a picture is in the composition. Or I may play with the light. But I never interfere with the subject. 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