Approach Quote by Minor White

Be still with yourself until the object of your attention affirms your presence.

— Minor White

I still like to walk around and take photographs, but it's hard to do that if a lot of people are looking at you.

— Orlando Bloom

It is very hard to say where you're going until you get there. That kind of thing is based very much on instinct. As…

— James Nachtwey

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

Give your attention to the experience of seeing rather than to the object seen and you will find yourself everywhere.

— Rupert Spira

If a subject has a delicate surface to it, you do not want to go charging in there. You need to establish some kind…

— William Albert Allard

Things happen in front of you. That's perhaps the most wonderful and mysterious aspect of photography.

— Annie Leibovitz

Whatever precautions you take so the photograph will look like this or that, there comes a moment when the photograph surprises you. It is…

— Jacques Derrida

I go straight in very close to people and I do that because it's the only way you can get the picture. You go…

— Martin Parr

By trying many different approaches, you may slowly reach the point where you say more about yourself than about the objects or the landscapes…

— Frank Horvat

You must photograph where you are involved; where you are overwhelmed by what you see before you.

— Harold Feinstein

I approached photography the only way that I knew how to approach anything: as a job. I would get up, photograph all morning, stop…

— Thomas Roma