Edits Quote by Mary Ellen Mark

I know that some filmmakers strive for a kind of naturalistic approach, but you're never going to capture something that's really natural - just…

— Jarvis Cocker

A journalist is supposed to present an unbiased portrait of an event, a view devoid of intimate emotions. This is impossible, of course. The…

— Alexandra Kerry

The photographic frame is no longer used as a documentary window into undisturbed private lives, but as a stage on which the subjects consciously…

— Arthur Tress

All my photographs seep through EMOTION , through the relationship I establish with the place I am portraying. Whenever I see something that captivates…

— Augusto De Luca

What I mean by photographing as a participant rather than observer is that I'm not only involved directly with some of the activities that…

— Anonymous

My job as an editor is to gently prod the attention of the audience to look at various parts of the frame. And that…

— Walter Murch

My photographs are not planned or composed in advance, and I do not anticipate that the onlooker will share my viewpoint. However, I feel…

— Robert Frank

The observer must learn to look at the picture as a graphic representation of a mood and not as a representation of objects.

— Wassily Kandinsky

The photograph as an objective representation of reality simply does not exist. The photograph does not explain to you what is going on to…

— Pedro Meyer

I can frame with the best of them - at least my version of framing - but to build the emotion of a scene…

— RaMell Ross

You must feel an affinity for what you are photographing. You must be part of it, and yet remain sufficiently detached to see it…

— George Rodger

I am very conscious of the viewer because that's where the art takes place. My work really strives to put the viewer in a…

— Jeff Koons