Careers Quote by Michael Kenna

Forget about the profession of being a photographer. First be a photographer and maybe the profession will come after.

— Christopher Anderson

Truthfully, I don't really think of myself as a photographer. I don't have all the disciplines and knowledge of a person who's spent their…

— Patti Smith

I've been so lonely trying to become a photographer. If I'd known that before, I don't know if I had the courage to do…

— Robert Adams

To be a photographer you must have something to say about the world.

— Paul Strand

It's quite difficult to write about photography as a photographer. A lot of better photographers than me have declined to do it.

— Stuart Franklin

Your own photography is never enough. Every photographer who has lasted has depended on other peoples pictures too - photographs that may be public…

— Robert Adams

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

The fundamental issue is one of emphasis: you are not a photographer because you are interested in photography...The reason is that photography is only…

— David Hurn

It is the purpose of life that each of us strives to become actually what he or she is potentially. Each photographer, then, should…

— David Hurn

Everyone is a photographer now, remember. That's the great thing about photography.

— Martin Parr

A person cannot learn to be a photographer. He can only cultivate what he already has. I try to make people aware that they…

— Ruth Bernhard

I've thought of becoming a photographer! To save my talent as a writer.

— August Strindberg