Evolve Quote by Jacob Aue Sobol

To me it is no mystery that we can only photograph effectively what we are truly interested in or-maybe more importantly-are grappling with. Often…

— Todd Hido

It is very hard to say where you're going until you get there. That kind of thing is based very much on instinct. As…

— James Nachtwey

Though infested with many bewildering anomalies, photographs are considered our best arbiters between our visual perceptions and the memory of them. It is not…

— Max Kozloff

I don’t have a philosophy. I have a camera. I look into the camera and take pictures. My photographs are the tiniest part of…

— Saul Leiter

When we do not know why the photographer has taken a picture and when we do not know why we are looking at it,…

— Saul Leiter

Even when we look at nature, our imagination constructs the picture.

— Eugene Delacroix

I have a hunch that our obsession with photography arises from an unspoken pessimism; it is our nature to believe the good things will…

— Michelle Richmond

Good photographs aren't just complex. They are enigmatic. Images are beguiling. And the way they play into our psychology, into our visual cortex, is…

— Stuart Franklin

“A photograph is usually the photographer’s subconscious attempted to possess the photographed moment.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

You must feel an affinity for what you are photographing. You must be part of it, and yet remain sufficiently detached to see it…

— George Rodger

You've got to struggle against the pollution of intelligence in order to become an animal with very sharp instincts - a sort of intuitive…

— Robert Doisneau