--- title: "4 Simon Norfolk Quotes - Famous Photographer (For most of it I have no words)" description: "Simon Norfolk is a Nigerian-born British architectural and landscape photographer. He has produced four photo book monographs of his work. He lives and ..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b072/author-simon-norfolk-69071.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Simon Norfolk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b072/author-simon-norfolk-69071.jpg) # Simon Norfolk (1963) Photographer **4** quotes in **58** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Simon Norfolk is a photographer, best known for *For most of it I have no words*. ## Quick Facts About Simon Norfolk Born January 24, 1963 Profession Photographer Notable works For most of it I have no words ## About Simon Norfolk Simon Norfolk is a Nigerian-born British architectural and landscape photographer. He has produced four photo book monographs of his work. He lives and works in Brighton & Hove. He also lived in Kabul. His work is featured regularly in the National Geographic, the New York Times Magazine and The Guardian Weekend. ## Quotes by Simon Norfolk > [ \[My\] pictures are about memory and forgetfulness. The evidence is dissolving. Bones crumble; human ash returns to soil; teeth, sandals, hair, bullets,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-norfolk/my-pictures-are-about-memory-and-forgetfulness-the-evidence-is/) Simon Norfolk [Ashes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ashes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3c/simon-norfolk-69071_ashes_my-pictures-are-about-memory-and-forgetf_262236.jpg) > [A picture that is ghostly and silent can be more eloquent and less clichéd than a noisier photo-journalistic approach and I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-norfolk/a-picture-that-is-ghostly-and-silent-can-be-more-eloquent-and-less/) Simon Norfolk [Approach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/approach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2df/simon-norfolk-69071_approach_a-picture-that-is-ghostly-and-silent-can_624573.png) > [I don't feel like I'm taking pictures, I feel like I'm just gathering them in. They're all out there. I know where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-norfolk/i-don-t-feel-like-i-m-taking-pictures-i-feel-like-i-m-just-gathering/) Simon Norfolk [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/037/simon-norfolk-69071_bed_i-don-t-feel-like-i-m-taking-pictures-i_791583.png) > [When you're photographing anything to do with war and conflict you're photographing something impossible. Everything you do is just clumsy and stupid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-norfolk/when-you-re-photographing-anything-to-do-with-war-and-conflict-you-re/) Simon Norfolk [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d06/simon-norfolk-69071_breadth_when-you-re-photographing-anything-to-do_2582059.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-norfolk/#itemlist", "name": "Simon Norfolk Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "[My] pictures are about memory and forgetfulness. The evidence is dissolving. Bones crumble; human ash returns to soil; teeth, sandals, hair, bullets, axes disperse into atoms and molecules. Footprints in the snow will be erased by the next storm. The evidence of evil, like the evidence of good, obeys the universal laws of entropy. Heat cools, matter disintegrates, memories fade. 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