Before and after Quote by Henri Cartier-Bresson

Thinking should be done before and after, not during photographing. Success depends on the extent of one's general culture. one's set of values, one's…

— Henri Cartier-Bresson

Recently, I can't seem to take a straight photograph without thinking that what I am photographing won't be the final image - like the…

— Idris Khan

I photographed the entire thing in color because to photograph it in black and white would be to keep it as a tragedy. Because…

— Joel Meyerowitz

Think about the photo before and after, never during. The secret is to take your time. You mustn't go too fast. The subject must…

— Henri Cartier-Bresson

Photography is, for me, a spontaneous impulse coming from an ever attentive eye which captures the moment and its eternity.

— Henri Cartier-Bresson

The camera is for us a tool, not a pretty mechanical toy ... people think far too much about techniques and not enough about seeing.

— Henri Cartier-Bresson

I'm very little drawn to photographing people that are known or even subjects that are known. They fascinate me when I've barely heard of…

— Diane Arbus

Ultimately success or failure in photographing people depends on the photographer's ability to understand his fellow man.

— Edward Weston

I was photographing every meal I ate, every person I met, every waiter or waitress who served me, every bed I slept in, every…

— Stephen Shore

Getting photographs is not the most important thing. For me it's the act of photographing. It's enlightening, therapeutic and satisfying, because the very process…

— Michael Kenna

Snapshots that have been taken of me working show something I was not aware of at all, that over and over again I'm holding…

— Richard Avedon

I did it once, and National Geographic recruited me. I did it primarily out of curiosity. A lot of legendary photographers had worked on…

— Sam Abell