Equipment Quote by Margaret Bourke-White

You have to focus on what you are doing, not just as a photographer, but as a human being.

— Anders Petersen

Photography is a major force in explaining man to man.

— Edward Steichen

The function of the photographer is to help people understand the world around them.

— Sid Grossman

At a fundamental level photography is much like pointing, and all of us occasionally point at things: look at that, look at that sailboat,…

— Keith Carter

A photographer must always work with the greatest respect for his subject and in terms of his own point of view.

— Henri Cartier-Bresson

“Photography is not purely a mechanical process. You need to know how to look, where to point the camera, and when to press the…

— Andy Karr

What is of value is that a particular photographer sees the subject differently than I do. A good picture must be a completely individual…

— Alexey Brodovitch

Herein lies the main objective of portraiture and also its main difficulty. The photographer probes for the innermost. The lens sees only the surface... .

— Philippe Halsman

The photographer's most important and likewise most difficult task is not learning to manage his camera, or to develop, or to print. It is…

— Edward Weston

What you need to be a good photographer is an overwhelming curiosity and a good digestion. Sometimes you feel blessed with curiosity, sometimes you…

— Eve Arnold

Photography forces one out into the world, interacting with people and the environment. It flexes all those right brain, spatially-adept muscles.

— Anonymous

There's a rapport that any photographer is going to have with his subject matter. And if you don't have a rapport, you're going to…

— Bruce Barnbaum