Heard Quote by Diane Arbus

I often try to photograph things about a person that are not visible.

— Duane Michals

I like to be fascinated by the people I photograph. Sometimes I don't admire them but I'm interested in them.

— Eric Cantona

My way in for photographing people is really their work. I'm always interested in what people make, and then I photograph the person. Sometimes…

— Anton Corbijn

I like not knowing too much about somebody I'm photographing, because the process also becomes an experience for me to learn about .

— Steven Sebring

I'm more interested in photographing people who have done something, like writers or directors - even billionaires - as long as I can study…

— Francesco Carrozzini

I've never been comfortable photographing people I know, myself included. I guess I prefer the mystery of strangers.

— Alec Soth

I don't need to know anything about the people I photograph, but it's important that I recognize something about myself in them.

— Rineke Dijkstra

I'm always trying to make a connection with the person I'm photographing. I don't want to just come away with a shot that I…

— Mary McCartney

Photography is very presumptuous. Photographers are always photographing other people's lives - something they know nothing about - and drawing great inferences into it.

— Duane Michals

Photography is a tool for dealing with things everybody knows about but isn’t attending to. My photographs are intended to represent something you don’t…

— Emmet Gowin

The thing is, when you take photographs, you meet a lot of people but you don't actually know anybody. It is very quick, in…

— Antony Armstrong-Jones

I love the people I photograph. I mean, they're my friends. I've never met most of them or I don't know them at all,…

— Bruce Gilden