Boston Quote by Peter Menzel

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 began after college, about 1972. I began to teach myself photography. I went to work for a local newspaper for four years as…

— James Nachtwey

After leaving college I got a job as a photo editor. Then, looking through my mum's photo archive inspired me to take it seriously.

— Mary McCartney

I came up, I suppose, a fairly traditional way. I went to art college. I always wanted to be a stills photographer, really, when…

— Roger Deakins

I have an architecture degree; that's what my college degree is in. And that sucked. I started doing Web and CD-ROM development really early…

— Jonathan Hickman

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

— Christopher Anderson

I always wanted to be a writer and the logical way to do that was journalism. I took up a course in Manipal; during…

— Nag Ashwin

I always wanted to be a photographer. While I was at school, I got a lab-monkey holiday job in the darkrooms at the 'Independent.'…

— Ben Schott

To be a photographer, one must photograph. No amount of book learning, no checklist of seminars attended, can substitute for the simple act of…

— Harry Callahan

I am a former economist. I never went to photography school to learn photography.

— Sebastiao Salgado

When I was studying photography, I became interested in conflict photojournalism, and that got me interested in lighting. Then I realized there was this…

— Rachel Morrison

Originally, I thought of being a photographer and nearly went to art school, but I got a record deal instead.

— Roisin Murphy