African american Quote by Gordon Parks

The camera could be a very powerful instrument against discrimination, against poverty, against racism.

— Gordon Parks

I picked up a camera because it was my choice of weapons against what I hated most about the universe: racism, intolerance, poverty.

— Gordon Parks

I suffered first as a child from discrimination, poverty ... So I think it was a natural follow from that that I should use…

— Gordon Parks

The camera is one of the most frightening of modern weapons, particularly to people who have been in warfare, who have been bombed and…

— John Steinbeck

The use of the camera has always been for me a tool of investigation, a reason to travel, to not mind my own business,…

— Danny Lyon

The camera is an eye that sees and records the lives of filthy people. Its pictures are hung in museums and published in thick…

— David Shrigley

You can go into all sorts of situations with a camera and people will think they should serve it.

— Susan Sontag

I believe that the camera has aided animal welfare by giving a platform and a vision [for bringing] awareness to the most important animal-welfare…

— Katie Cleary

The camera is an excuse to be someplace you otherwise don't belong. It gives me both a point of connection and a point of…

— Susan Meiselas

For me, the camera is like an entrance to the private lives of other people. And if you are curious like me, it is…

— Anders Petersen

I am against great themes and great subjects... You can't film an idea. The camera is an instrument for recording physical impact.

— Jean Renoir

I got my first camera when I was 21 - my boyfriend gave it to me for my birthday - but at that point…

— Carrie Mae Weems