Able Quote by Elliott Erwitt

I am probably afraid that some spectator will not understand my photography - therefore I proceed to make it really less understandable by writing…

— Ansel Adams

I know now that before I take a picture I have to be sure about how I feel about the subjects. What I don't…

— Tina Barney

I thought it would be good not to hide the fact that you're taking a photograph, and have people react and come in close…

— William Klein

When you're with people that are aware of the fact that you're a photographer, they'll say, "Oh, look at that! That's something to take…

— Ari Marcopoulos

I just think it's important to be direct and honest with people about why you're photographing them and what you're doing. After all, you…

— Mary Ellen Mark

You must feel an affinity for what you are photographing. You must be part of it, and yet remain sufficiently detached to see it…

— George Rodger

I find it satisfying that what I've done in photography has had so much influence in how people take photographs and what they look…

— William Klein

Incidentally, part of a photographer’s gift should be with people. You can do some wonderful work if you know how to make people understand…

— Walker Evans

I try to use whatever I know about photography to be of service to the people I'm photographing.

— James Nachtwey

Being a photographer is making people look at what I want them to look at.

— Ruth Orkin

With photography, you are lucky if you get people to look at your pictures at some point. There's no formal way to show them.

— Anton Corbijn

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