Command Quote by David Hurn

“These are the two basic controls at the photographer's command--position and timing--all others are extensions, peripheral ones, compared to them”

— David Hurn

The minute you point a camera at something, you are manipulating the image, because you are cropping out whatever is to the left and…

— David LaChapelle

To me, the camera is like a musical instrument. You use it to control the flow, shape, size and colors of images.

— Conrad Hall

When I got on my first set, I watched what the cinematographer was doing, and at that level in film school, the cinematographer has…

— Reed Morano

The camera gives you some control.

— Ryan McGinley

The ambition of instantaneous photography... was that of preserving the spontaneity of action and avoiding any indication that the presence of the picture taker…

— Rudolf Arnheim

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

To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event.

— Henri Cartier-Bresson

I'm self-taught and emailed photographers I knew if I had questions I couldn't figure out from the manual or online.

— Hanneli Mustaparta

[The] arresting of time is photography's unique capacity, and the decision of when to click the shutter is the photographer's chief responsibility.

— Janet Malcolm

Different levels of photography require different levels of understanding and skill. A "press the button, let George do the rest" photographer needs little or…

— Minor White

As a photographer you enlarge or emphasize a certain moment, making it another reality.

— Rineke Dijkstra