Photographing Quotes

112 Photographing quotes by 76 unique authors

What I have tried to do is involve the people I was photographing... if they were willing to give, I was willing to photograph. — Eve Arnold
I've been working with the land for most of my life; walking it and photographing it. And I love it to bits. — Fay Godwin
Born Berlin 1931, Germany, father a British diplomat, mother an American artist. Educated at various schools all over the world. 1958 Settled down to live… — Fay Godwin
I started writing and photographing for different publications and finally ended up being the correspondent in South Asia, for the Geneva-based Journal de Geneve, which… — Francois Gautier
I don't want someone photographing my cellulite - I can't take it! — Shania Twain
It quickly came to be that I grew interested in photographing whatever was there wherever I happened to be. For any reason. — William Eggleston
I have been photographing people dancing for 20 or 30 years now, and I think I will eventually do a book of dancing photos. — Martin Parr
When we talk about violence, we`re talking about the destruction of the human body, and I don`t lose sight of that. In general, my filmmaking… — David Cronenberg
We seem to know when to 'tap the heart.' Others have hit the intellect. We can hit them in all emotional way. Those who appeal… — Walt Disney
Be sure to take the lens cap off before photographing. — Elliott Erwitt
I was making stickers for guys' bands. I was in the front row photographing bands, booking bands, doing all of the kind of backstage stuff,… — Kathleen Hanna
Sometimes I enjoy just photographing the surface because I think it can be as revealing as going to the heart of the matter. — Annie Leibovitz
I'm not photographing anything naked these days. I haven't been concentrating on bodies recently. — Robert Mapplethorpe
One of the lessons learned during the Vietnam War was that the depiction of wounded soldiers, of coffins stacked higher than their living guards, had… — Walter Dean Myers
I was only photographing in words the reality of it all. — Charles Bukowski
I wrote poetry from the time I could write. That was the only way I could begin to express who I was but the poems… — Francesca Lia Block
Photographers tend not to photograph what they can’t see, which is the very reason one should try to attempt it. Otherwise we’re going to go… — Duane Michals
I had taken the photograph from afar (distance being the basic glitch in our relationship), using my Nikon and zoom lens while hiding behind a… — Joan Bauer
It adds up, but I deem it all necessary, even the camera gear. I enjoy photographing the otherworldly colors and shapes presented in the convoluted… — Aron Ralston
I tend to think of the act of photographing, generally speaking, as an adventure. My favorite thing is to go where I’ve never been. — Diane Arbus
My stepfather gave me a Kodak camera when I was 17 years old. I started working at a local photo store in Le Havre, France,… — Patrick Demarchelier
People tracking your life and photographing you anywhere you go, that can make you crazy. — Tom Selleck
The Bahamas has mangrove nurseries, coral reefs, shallow sea grass beds, and deep oceanic trenches - all perfect ecosystems for sharks. Photographing multiple shark species… — Brian Skerry
The first day at the power plant I found myself photographing some steam vents on the roof of the structure. And I remember consciously thinking… — John Sexton
To me, that is the essence of me as a photographer. It is those ideas, working with them, formulating them and eventually putting them down… — Kim Weston

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