Habits Quote by James Nachtwey

Is it possible to put an end to a form of human behavior which has existed throughout history by means of photography?

— James Nachtwey

Why photograph war? Is it possible to put an end to a form of human behavior, which has existed throughout history, by the means…

— James Nachtwey

There's a reductiveness to photography, of course - in the framing of reality and the exclusion of chunks of it (the rest of the…

— Philip-Lorca diCorcia

The mere notion of photography, when we introduce it into our meditation on the genesis of historical knowledge and its true value, suggests the…

— Paul Valery

Perhaps 'photography' has become so all-pervasive that it no longer makes sense to think about it as a discreet practice or field of inquiry.…

— Trevor Paglen

Like an organism, photography was born whole. It is in our progressive discovery of it that its history lies.

— John Szarkowski

I think that, in a sense, there's something about photography in general that we could associate with memory, or the past, or childhood.

— Gregory Crewdson

I don't care so much anymore about 'good photography'; I am gathering evidence for history.

— Gilles Peress

Photography is a strong tool, a propaganda device, and a weapon for the defense of the environment...and therefore for the fostering of a healthy…

— Eliot Porter

This photographic thing has changed the entire vision of the world. It will go through every activity of humanity - science, medicine, space, ESP,…

— Lisette Model

Photorealism was this fantastic movement in like the late '60s and '70s, because photography finally became something that everyone could produce. Photorealism was and…

— Damian Loeb

I've always believed that photography is a way to shape human perception.

— James Balog