Books Quote by Irving Penn

A portrait photographer depends upon another person to complete his picture. The subject imagined, which in a sense is me, must be discovered in…

— Richard Avedon

There is a myth that the portrait photographer is supposed to make the subject relax, and that's the real person. But I'm interested in…

— Annie Leibovitz

If you're a photographer, you end up being the raw creative force that allows other people to see what kind of narrative you want…

— Cole Sprouse

I'm a messenger. I don't want people to be concerned about me. I want them to be concerned about the people in the pictures.…

— James Nachtwey

The portrait is the subject matter in photography where the problems of the media are the most visible.

— Thomas Struth

Portraits are the most intimate photographs. The image will survive the subject.

— Victor Skrebneski

My work has gotten a bit strange. I do consulting, and people ask, "Could you give me your opinion on this, and could you…

— Garance Dore

Your aim as a photographer is to get a picture of that person that means something. Portraits aren't fantasies; they need to tell a…

— Tim Walker

Photographers direct the eye toward a particular object. We who write, one hopes, are directing the heart and the soul.

— Nikki Giovanni

There's a rapport that any photographer is going to have with his subject matter. And if you don't have a rapport, you're going to…

— Bruce Barnbaum

It's a choice - there are two different sorts of photographer: those obsessed with the technicalities and those obsessed by the subject.

— Mario Testino

There are photographers who don't really engage with their subject. It's a really unfortunate phrase, but they take their photo and they leave with…

— Sebastian Junger