Being responsible Quote by Garry Winogrand

To photograph is to appropriate the thing photographed. It means putting oneself into a certain relation to the world that feels like knowledge-and therefore,…

— Susan Sontag

It is one thing to photograph people. It is another to make others care about them by revealing the core of their humanness.

— Paul Strand

As far as I am concerned, taking photographs is a means of understanding which cannot be separated from other means of visual expression. It…

— Henri Cartier-Bresson

A photographer must always work with the greatest respect for his subject and in terms of his own point of view.

— Henri Cartier-Bresson

To photograph is to hold one's breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It's at that precise moment that mastering an image…

— Henri Cartier-Bresson

One should not only photograph things for what they are but for what else they are.

— Minor White

Photography is a strong tool, a propaganda device, and a weapon for the defense of the environment...and therefore for the fostering of a healthy…

— Eliot Porter

Photographing expresses human desire to preserve passing time. It is like a man struggling with time that elapses, and in general - a desire…

— Ryszard Kapuscinski

To take photographs means to recognize - simultaneously and within a fraction of a second - both the fact itself and the rigorous organization…

— Henri Cartier-Bresson

“To take photographs is to hold one's breath when all faculties converge in the face of fleeing reality. It is at that moment that…

— Henri Cartier-Bresson

To photograph people is to violate them, by seeing them as they never see themselves, by having knowledge of them that they can never…

— Susan Sontag

Photography is an investigation of both the outer and the inner worlds. The first experiences with the camera involve looking at the world beyond…

— Ansel Adams