Assignments Quote by Gregory Heisler

When I start thinking about a story, I don't start by thinking about the fashion, but about who I want to photograph and what…

— Peter Lindbergh

I work on stories rather than individual pictures.

— Sebastiao Salgado

I'm trying to grow more as a journalist and understand the story I'm photographing in order to communicate it in a better way.

— Daniel Berehulak

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

I am a storyteller. I've never been interested in just taking the single image and moving on. I always like to stay with the…

— Larry Clark

Some photographs are like a Chekhov short story or a Maupassant story. They're quick things and there's a whole world in them. But one…

— Henri Cartier-Bresson

I'm not as good a writer as I'd like to be; therefore, I like to use images to tell stories.

— Tibor Kalman

You can make up your own story when you look at a photo.

— Brian Selznick

I got into journalism through writing, primarily. So even when I took photos when I was reporting, I never thought of photography as the…

— Jamelle Bouie

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

The subject gives you the best idea of how to make a photograph. So I just wait for something to happen.

— Mary Ellen Mark

I remember that I felt I had to avoid all these sensational photos, the hanged woman, the man who shot himself, and so forth.…

— Gerhard Richter