Exploring Quote by Peter van Agtmael

The photograph is always more interesting than what the photograph is of.

— Grant Mudford

Photographs need to demand the viewer's attention, often implicitly, posing questions as to the nature of what is being depicted. Photographs are not there…

— Fred Ritchin

We are surrounded by pictures; we have an abundance of theories about them, but it doesn't seem to do us any good. Knowing what…

— William J. Mitchell

I'm very moved by the fact that people are drawn into the pictures and that they do bring their own history and their own…

— Gregory Crewdson

A picture, to be an interesting picture, must be more than a picture, otherwise it is only a reproduction of an object, and not…

— Langston Hughes

A photograph must be more interesting than the thing photographed

— Gary Winogrand

We're living in a world where everything moves very quickly. We've become a very visual society, so I think it's a very natural thing…

— Stan Lee

As a rule I do not like to explain my photographs, I want my pictures to be read and explored. I believe a good…

— John Gutmann

Good photographs aren't just complex. They are enigmatic. Images are beguiling. And the way they play into our psychology, into our visual cortex, is…

— Stuart Franklin

Knowing a great deal about what is in the world art, catastrophe, the beauties of nature through photographic images, people are frequently disappointed, surprised,…

— Susan Sontag

Pictures can and do make a difference. Strong images of historical events do have an impact on society. They can help with change.

— Charles Moore

Why is a picture of something real eventually more exciting than the thing itself?

— Jamaica Kincaid