Billions Quote by Fred Ritchin

As photojournalists, we supply information to a world that is overwhelmed with preoccupations and full of people who need the company of images…We pass…

— Henri Cartier-Bresson

[Photojournalism] really is the only branch of photography that's a credit to our profession. We see, we understand; we see more, we understand more.

— Philip Jones Griffiths

We are not only a civilization of amateur photographers; we are amateur curators, editors, and publishers.

— Charlotte Cotton

What does a professional photojournalist do that others cannot? Depicting photo opportunities as if they are authentic, covering press conferences, or making subjects play…

— Fred Ritchin

This idea of helping the next generation is a very intrinsic part of photojournalism. We need to continue to build this new group of…

— Ron Haviv

A lot of photography is making records of people, as objects, friends. It's like organizing a wardrobe - in terms of size etc.

— Francesca Woodman

If you accept the idea that photographers, or some of them, are actually artists, then you have to look at their work less as…

— Tod Papageorge

Photography has become so fundamental to the way we see that 'photography' and 'seeing' are becoming more and more synonymous. The ubiquity of photography…

— Trevor Paglen

I think photojournalism is documentary photography with a purpose.

— W. Eugene Smith

What is photojournalism? Occasionally, a very unique photo, in which form is precise and rich enough and content has enough resonance, is sufficient in…

— Henri

There are two kinds of photographers: those who compose pictures and those who take them. The former work in studios. For the latter, the…

— Ernst Haas

I respect newspapers, but the reality is that magazine 'photojournalism' is finished. They want illustrations, Photoshopped pictures of movie stars.

— Mary Ellen Mark