All time Quote by Bill Eppridge

Photographers do more assignments than reporters do, so they know their communities better.

— Beth Macy

I got into journalism through writing, primarily. So even when I took photos when I was reporting, I never thought of photography as the…

— Jamelle Bouie

Laymen learn to read photographs the way they do headlines, skipping over them quickly to get the gist of what is being said. Photographers,…

— Howard S. Becker

[Photojournalism] really is the only branch of photography that's a credit to our profession. We see, we understand; we see more, we understand more.

— Philip Jones Griffiths

Photography can be a powerful instrument for change, and photojournalists can tell stories that make a difference.

— Brian Skerry

To be a photojournalist takes experience, skill, endurance, energy, salesmanship, organization, wheedling, climbing, gatecrashing, etc. - plus an eye and patience.

— Ruth Orkin

Photojournalism is neither photography or journalism. It has its function but it's not where I see myself: the press is for me just a…

— Luc Delahaye

Traditional photojournalists arrive with an idea of what they are going to produce or what the editor wants. I approach a subject very much…

— Alex Webb

The photographer must bear the responsibility for his work and its effect …[for] photographic journalism, because of its tremendous audience reached by publications using…

— W. Eugene Smith

Most photographers seem to operate with a pane of glass between themselves and their subjects. They just can't get inside and know the subject.

— W. Eugene Smith

You have to assume that everything you do is public knowledge. Everything. Because now everyone is a reporter. Everyone is a photographer.

— Derek Jeter

That [photographs] disturb readers is exactly as it should be: that's why photojournalism is often more powerful than written journalism.

— Nora Ephron