Commodity Quote by Barbara Kruger

Photography has become so fundamental to the way we see that 'photography' and 'seeing' are becoming more and more synonymous. The ubiquity of photography…

— Trevor Paglen

Looking out at the photographic landscape that surrounds us - the world of images and image-making that we inhabit - it seems obvious that…

— Trevor Paglen

Photography is the only “language” understood in all parts of the world, and bridging all nations and cultures, it links the family of man.…

— Helmut Gernsheim

Photography is the typical means of expression of a society founded on a civilization of technicians, conscious of the aims it has set for…

— Gisele Freund

Modern photography must do more than entertain, it must incite thought and by its clear statements of actuality, cultivate a sympathetic understanding of men…

— Max Dupain

Photography is about being exquisitely present.

— Joel Meyerowitz

“Photography is a magical kind of art that allows people to preserve time and moments, and to describe the world the way they see…

— Sahara Sanders

It always amazes me that just when I think there's nothing left to do in photography and that all permutations and possibilities have been…

— Chuck Close

Perhaps 'photography' has become so all-pervasive that it no longer makes sense to think about it as a discreet practice or field of inquiry.…

— Trevor Paglen

It's about time we started to take photography seriously and treat it as a hobby.

— Elliott Erwitt

The intensive use of photographs by mass media lays ever fresh responsibilities upon the photographer. We have to acknowledge the existence of a chasm…

— Henri Cartier-Bresson

Photography is a way of introducing people to other people.

— William Albert Allard