Able Quote by James Welling

Obviously, we can see what was in front of the camera, but if a photograph is honestly made, it's a bit of a self-portrait.…

— John Sexton

The camera photographs what's there.

— Jack Nicholson

You cannot explain the whole world in one photograph. Photography pretends. You can see everything that's in front of the camera, but there's always…

— Thomas Ruff

A camera exposes more than just an image. It also exposes the photographer.

— Steve Coleman

... the possibility of one particular photographer's pictures lying around the corner is never realized until the photographer is there. It's one of the…

— Alex Webb

The viewer must bring their own view to a photograph.

— Fay Godwin

Being an artist, I had an artist's instincts.You can see the picture before it's taken; then it's up to you to get the camera…

— James Van Der Zee

I think that there isn't a photograph in the world that has any narrative ability... They do not tell stories - they show you…

— Garry Winogrand

You must photograph where you are involved; where you are overwhelmed by what you see before you; where you hold your breath while releasing…

— Harold Feinstein

Once you get into your stride, the camera becomes like another person in the room. It's like being in a very small theatre where…

— Saffron Burrows

If a person is in front of a camera, they're acting. It's not possible to live in front of a camera.

— Paul Morrissey

Typically I see it with photographers who go to a place like India or Nepal, and everything's so colorful and exotic and they think,…

— Sam Abell