Asking Quote by Lorna Simpson

The photography is not the aim of the work; the articulation of the work through photography is another way of understanding what's going on…

— Andy Goldsworthy

I'm proposing to you that photography is a language on its own, which is that when you look at images you do derive ideas;…

— Gilles Peress

The viewer is more likely to project their own narrative onto the picture.

— Gregory Crewdson

The camera can capture thought in a way that's quite surprising and shocking. You can become very simple and minimal in your work and…

— Leonard Nimoy

I am probably afraid that some spectator will not understand my photography - therefore I proceed to make it really less understandable by writing…

— Ansel Adams

I do have strong convictions and political opinions, but I don't think it's necessary to imbue my photographic work with them. I use photography…

— Michael Kenna

But if you're talking about fine art work, then I think you have to ask yourself some pretty deep questions about why it is…

— Leonard Nimoy

For each final photograph, I'll have shot loads of film. I suppose people don't see all that. But when someone looks at a piece…

— Catherine Yass

I'm very moved by the fact that people are drawn into the pictures and that they do bring their own history and their own…

— Gregory Crewdson

While I have devised various formal strategies for articulating [my] concerns, I think fundamentally the work is driven by a basic curiosity. I seek…

— Dawoud Bey

I often think we do not take this business of photography in a sufficiently serious spirit. Issuing a photograph is like marriage: you can…

— H. G. Wells

The person viewing your work has no idea what the scene really looked like, nor do they care.

— Mike Svob