Felt Quote by Mary Ellen Mark

Although I get a lot of ideas from things that have happened in my life, I see the final product as a place where…

— Laurel Nakadate

In spite of recent trends towards fabricating photographic narratives, I find, more than ever, traditional photographic capture, the 'discovery' of found narratives, deeply compelling.

— Richard Misrach

The one thing that is always clear in my mind is that the people, and their stories, and the themes of life that I…

— Peter Turnley

I find it satisfying that what I've done in photography has had so much influence in how people take photographs and what they look…

— William Klein

I threw myself into this artform because photography had given me a new sense of mission and identity.

— Bob Anderson

In many ways, unexpected results are what have most inspired my photography.

— Harold Eugene Edgerton

I was very into making the Big Artistic Statement - it had to be innovative; it had to be cutting edge. I was desperately…

— David Bowie

As the possibilities for straightforward photography seem to have become exhausted it has been the photographers who know about the history of art, not…

— Van Deren Coke

Photography has always reminded me of the second child.. trying to prove itself. The fact that it wasn't really considered an art.. that it…

— Richard Avedon

I went into photography because it seemed like the perfect vehicle for commenting on the madness of today's existence.

— Robert Mapplethorpe

I found that while it was interesting to travel around and take the photographs, I would find that I was more interested in the…

— Joshua Marston

When I first became interested in photography, I thought it was the whole cheese. My idea was to have it recognized as one of…

— Edward Steichen