Photographer Quote by Junior Ming

Once the amateur's naive approach and humble willingness to learn fades away, the creative spirit of good photography dies with it. Every professional should…

— Alfred Eisenstaedt

One is not really a photographer until preoccupation with learning has been outgrown and the camera in his hands is an extension of himself.…

— Carl Mydans

A photographer's reality is what he or she wants to show.

— Fred Picker

“We photographers are a despicable bunch. We take photographs. The best of us do not show people as they wish to be seen, instead,…

— Waswo X. Waswo

To make good photographs, to express something, to contribute something to the world he lives in, and to contribute something to the art of…

— Edward Steichen

The good photographer will produce a competent picture every time whatever his subject. But only when his subject makes and immediate and direct appeal…

— Bill Brandt

I'm an amateur photographer, apart from being a professional one, and I think maybe my amateur pictures are the better ones.

— Elliott Erwitt

I think the greatest photographers are the amateur photographers who do it because they love it. Arnold Newman is a good example; he is…

— John Sexton

We are not only a civilization of amateur photographers; we are amateur curators, editors, and publishers.

— Charlotte Cotton

I've been an amateur photographer since my teens.

— Gaspard Ulliel

As an amateur you have an advantage over photographers - you can do as you wish... This should make amateurs the happiest of photographers.

— Andreas Feininger

“I am a professional photographer by trade and an amateur photographer by vocation.”

— Anonymous