Direct Quote by Reed Krakoff

Being a photographer is making people look at what I want them to look at.

— Ruth Orkin

For me photography is just a way to collect material to realize the ideas in my mind. I get inspired by things around me…

— Erik Johansson

For me, photography is as much about the way I respond to the subject as it is about the subject itself.

— Alec Soth

I find it satisfying that what I've done in photography has had so much influence in how people take photographs and what they look…

— William Klein

Photography gives you the opportunity to use your sensibility and everything you are to say something about and be part of the world around…

— Peter Lindbergh

For me there's several components to picture-taking and it starts with my goals as an artist. It's capturing I guess the inner life of…

— Carol Friedman

Photograph because you love doing it, because you absolutely have to do it, because the chief reward is going to be the process of…

— Alex Webb

And that desire-the strong desire to take pictures-is important. It borders on a need, based on a habit: the habit of seeing. Whether working…

— Sam Abell

I love photographing. I love the experience of being around all the things that surround you when you go out to do work.

— Stuart Franklin

Photographing is an emotional thing, a graceful thing. Photography allows me to wander with a purpose.

— Leonard Freed

I got into journalism through writing, primarily. So even when I took photos when I was reporting, I never thought of photography as the…

— Jamelle Bouie

If you're a photographer, you end up being the raw creative force that allows other people to see what kind of narrative you want…

— Cole Sprouse