Firsts Quote by Philippe Halsman

I always thought of photography as a naughty thing to do - that was one of my favorite things about it, and when I…

— Diane Arbus

I wanted to go to the end of photography.

— Daido Moriyama

Rather than a profession, photography has always been a passion for me, a passion closer to an obsession.

— Marc Riboud

I came to photography by accident.

— Eve Arnold

I realized I didn't want to be a photographer. I gave it up, but I still worked that job in the restaurant and I…

— Sally Schneider

When I gave up my office job and became a full-time professional photographer, my fortunes certainly improved markedly. We moved away from the council…

— Derek Ridgers

I was obsessed from the moment I took my first photograph. I wanted to make photography my career.

— Giles Duley

I remember the first time I went out on the street to shoot pictures. I was in downtown Philadelphia, and I just took a…

— Mary Ellen Mark

For me photography has been a profession, an avocation. Now it has become a way of life.

— Wynn Bullock

I was a photographer. That's how I began my career, behind the camera.

— Shweta Tripathi

I've been so lonely trying to become a photographer. If I'd known that before, I don't know if I had the courage to do…

— Robert Adams

I had no idea how I wanted to get into photography, but I just knew I wanted to do it.

— Daniel Berehulak