Burden Quote by Nina Berman

“A camera is an opening in a box: that is the best emblem of the fact that a camera holding an object is holding…

— Stanley Cavell

The camera is, in a sense, both a way to get close, and to break free. It is a testimony to independence as well…

— Elinor Carucci

The camera is an excuse to be someplace you otherwise don't belong. It gives me both a point of connection and a point of…

— Susan Meiselas

Cameras are simple tools designed to capture images. Images that tell us more about ourselves than we realize. They remind us of the long…

— Mary Alice

A camera gives you a purpose.

— Ryan McGinley

Sometimes the presence of a camera is like opening a door.

— Michael Glawogger

My life is shaped by the urgent need to wander and observe, and my camera is my passport.

— Steve McCurry

If I were just curious, it would be very hard to say to someone, I want to come to your house and have you…

— Diane Arbus

There's something a lot more self-conscious feeling when there's cameras coming in for close-ups. It makes you very aware.

— Tig Notaro

For me, the camera is like an entrance to the private lives of other people. And if you are curious like me, it is…

— Anders Petersen

You can go into all sorts of situations with a camera and people will think they should serve it.

— Susan Sontag

People don't open up when there's a camera.

— Neha Dhupia