Brian Quote by Nan Goldin

The people that I photographed allowed me to photograph them because they didn't want to be alone, and the truth is I didn't want…

— Alec Soth

I just think it's important to be direct and honest with people about why you're photographing them and what you're doing. After all, you…

— Mary Ellen Mark

I just happened to have my camera and be photographing my friends. It was totally innocent; there was no purpose to the photographs. There…

— Larry Clark

There are certain times I don't want my picture taken. If my wife's stepping out of a car and it looks like it's going…

— Bobby Darin

There are two kinds of photographs: mine and other people's. I never think of what I might do myself when I look at someone…

— John Loengard

Sometimes I think all my pictures are just pictures of me. My concern is...the human predicament; only what I consider the human predicament may…

— Richard Avedon

I say no to photographs. When people take my picture, I feel like they've taken a piece of me, and I can't get that…

— Evangeline Lilly

It's one thing when you are photographing others, but when you are exposing yourself and your insecurities, that's the biggest risk. That's always scary.

— Petra Collins

When you're with people that are aware of the fact that you're a photographer, they'll say, "Oh, look at that! That's something to take…

— Ari Marcopoulos

I was photographing every meal I ate, every person I met, every waiter or waitress who served me, every bed I slept in, every…

— Stephen Shore

I've been putting out sexually explicit images of myself for years. I know this sounds bizarre, but somehow it makes me feel safer.

— Annie Sprinkle

It's my obligation to take out all the 'wrong' pictures.

— Jay Maisel