Accounts Quote by David Hockney

In the early days of picture-taking, the exposure shutter had to stay open for a long time, so you had to stay really still.

— Eve Plumb

...photography is made essentially of time. I often think that what we show is a point in time, more than a window onto space.

— Frank Horvat

If you look at most photography, especially the pictures that grab you, they are not objective at all. Sometimes gut wrenching and sometimes lovely,…

— John Filo

Photography through the camera is an instrument of detection. We photograph not only what we know, but also what we don't know.

— Lisette Model

In a still photograph you basically have two variables, where you stand and when you press the shutter. That's all you have.

— Henry Wessel, Jr

[When] I am taking a photograph, I am conscious that I am constructing images rather than taking snapshots. Since I do not take rapid…

— Thomas Struth

The persistent problem in photography is how to look at it.

— Ben Maddow

[Photography] tells you that every second in time is different from every other second. You want people to understand that the image in front…

— Roger Ballen

Photography is like a moment, an instant. You need a half-second to get the photo. So it's good to capture people when they are…

— Patrick Demarchelier

Photography to me is catching a moment which is passing, and which is true.

— Jacques-Henri Lartigue

Photography is simply a function of noticing things.

— Elliott Erwitt

There is a narrative behind every image. I often imagine being able to see the photographer standing behind the camera, or perhaps crouching or…

— James Welling