Evidence Quote by Roland Barthes

The challenge of photography is to show the thing photographed so that our feelings are awakened and hidden aspects are revealed to us

— Emmet Gowin

I'm not responsible for my photographs. Photography is not documentary, but intuition, a poetic experience. It's drowning yourself, dissolving yourself, and then sniff, sniff,…

— Henri Cartier-Bresson

Photography is a magic thing. A thing that has mysterious odors, a little strange and frightening, something one quickly grows to love.

— Jacques-Henri Lartigue

But I did not always know just what it was I wanted to photograph. I believe it is important for a photographer to discover…

— Bill Brandt

The photograph is to a great degree evidence of the conversation I had with the person. It's a part of my visual diary.

— Jamel Shabazz

Photography, of course, is the perfect medium for the investigation. It can reveal the truth of present day specifics and particularities, while at the…

— John Pfahl

Photography is an act of love.

— Jay Maisel

[My work] includes something about death, and about love, because the photos always have something to do with death. The photograph is like taxidermy.…

— Annette Messager

Photography is a love affair with life.

— Burk Uzzle

“Photographs are the reflection of untold stories, unseen beauties, unexpressed emotions, and the unheard songs of life.”

— Debasish Mridha

We've spent now about 150 years trying to convince ourselves that photographs are reliable evidence, some unimpeachable slice of the real world. That was…

— A. D. Coleman

The idea of photography as evidence is pure bullshit. A photo is no more proof of any reality than what you may hear being…

— Marc Riboud