Climbing Quote by Ruth Orkin

If you want to be a photographer, particularly a photojournalist , you want to learn about the world. You want to learn about yourself.…

— Ed Kashi

You are not just a photojournalist, you're a historian.

— Bill Eppridge

I'm not a photojournalist.

— Robert Mapplethorpe

Reporters listen, photographers look. If you are doing your job seriously as a photojournalist, your sight must be the primary sense that you use…

— Bill Eppridge

Photography can be a powerful instrument for change, and photojournalists can tell stories that make a difference.

— Brian Skerry

If I wasn't a comic or TV star, I really wanted to be a photojournalist.

— Drew Carey

As we all know, the objective and mission of the photojournalist is to show us the reality of the world. And in order to…

— Alfredo Jaar

What does a professional photojournalist do that others cannot? Depicting photo opportunities as if they are authentic, covering press conferences, or making subjects play…

— Fred Ritchin

Traditional photojournalists arrive with an idea of what they are going to produce or what the editor wants. I approach a subject very much…

— Alex Webb

This idea of helping the next generation is a very intrinsic part of photojournalism. We need to continue to build this new group of…

— Ron Haviv

[Photojournalism] really is the only branch of photography that's a credit to our profession. We see, we understand; we see more, we understand more.

— Philip Jones Griffiths

Photojournalism is photography with more story telling. A single image can be amazing and dramatic. I started out shooting individual images, but I found…

— Olivia Arthur