Beauty Quote by Rick Owens

Part of the role of photography is to exaggerate, and that is an aspect that I have to puncture. I do that by showing…

— Martin Parr

Photograph the world as it is. Nothing's more interesting than reality.

— Mary Ellen Mark

It seemed clear to me early on that one of the things a photograph could do was make a reality, and I wanted to…

— Justine Kurland

I like making images that from a distance seem kind of seductive, colorful, luscious and engaging, and then you realize what you're looking at…

— Cindy Sherman

...I felt that photography ought to start with and remain faithful to the appearance of the world, and in so doing record contradictions. The…

— Robert Adams

We are drowning in images. Photography is used as a propaganda tool, which serves to sell products and ideas. I use the same approach…

— Martin Parr

For example, you now look at pictures from 1968, they are hugely misleading in terms of standing in as an absolute image of the…

— Wolfgang Tillmans

My images don't come close to real life. The world is remarkable, astounding and surprising that one does not need to exaggerate. What actually…

— Duane Hanson

Reality cannot be photographed or represented. We can only create a new reality. And my dilemma is how to make art out of a…

— Alfredo Jaar

I believe there is no more creative medium than photography to recreate the living world of our time. Photography gladly accepts the challenge because…

— Berenice Abbott

“For me, photography is not a means by which to create beautiful art, but a unique way of encountering genuine reality”

— Daido Moriyama

I'm going to put every aspect of myself out into the world and try to convey it through photography.

— Ryan McGinley