--- title: "4 Zana Briski Quotes - Famous Photographer" description: "British photographer and filmmaker... | Zana Briski is a British photographer and filmmaker, best known for Born into Brothels, the 2004 Oscar winner of..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4d/zana-briski-70010_able_something-very-ugly-to-you-as-a-person-c_1050924.jpg" --- # Zana Briski (1966) Photographer **4** quotes in **34** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Zana Briski is a photographer. ## Quick Facts About Zana Briski Born October 25, 1966 Profession Photographer ## About Zana Briski British photographer and filmmaker... \| Zana Briski is a British photographer and filmmaker, best known for Born into Brothels, the 2004 Oscar winner of the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, which she directed. She founded Kids with Cameras, a non-profit organization that teaches the art of photography to marginalized children i ## Quotes by Zana Briski > [Something very ugly to you as a person can look beautiful through the viewfinder, but being able to find that beauty, oftentimes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zana-briski/something-very-ugly-to-you-as-a-person-can-look-beautiful-through-the/) [Zana Briski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zana-briski/) [Able](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/able/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4d/zana-briski-70010_able_something-very-ugly-to-you-as-a-person-c_1050924.jpg) > [You can't use your camera as a shield against human suffering.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zana-briski/you-can-t-use-your-camera-as-a-shield-against-human-suffering/) [Zana Briski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zana-briski/) [Camera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/camera/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27f/zana-briski-70010_cameras_you-can-t-use-your-camera-as-a-shield-ag_1077984.jpg) > [I don't believe in compromise, I believe there is a goal we are trying to reach.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zana-briski/i-don-t-believe-in-compromise-i-believe-there-is-a-goal-we-are-trying/) [Zana Briski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zana-briski/) [Believe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fb/zana-briski-70010_believe_i-don-t-believe-in-compromise-i-believe_1456883.jpg) > [I'm used to being behind a camera. That's much more natural for me. But if my life can inspire people, that's what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zana-briski/i-m-used-to-being-behind-a-camera-that-s-much-more-natural-for-me-but/) [Zana Briski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zana-briski/) [Behinds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/behinds/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffb/zana-briski-70010_behinds_i-m-used-to-being-behind-a-camera-that-s_2180551.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zana-briski/#itemlist", "name": "Zana Briski Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Something very ugly to you as a person can look beautiful through the viewfinder, but being able to find that beauty, oftentimes, means seeing the humanity within the frame. 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