Certain Quote by Shimon Attie

I use contemporary media to reanimate sites and places with images of their own lost histories.

— Shimon Attie

A lot of the images in my work are a kind of visual diary of places I've been, what I've seen, heard, smelt.

— Francesca Da Rimini

Working with existing pictures, like I do, you constantly think about the flood of images we are subjected to and you want to figure…

— Thomas Demand

I'm very moved by the fact that people are drawn into the pictures and that they do bring their own history and their own…

— Gregory Crewdson

I'm attracted to images that come from a personal exploration of a subject matter. When they have a personal stamp to them, then I…

— Leonard Nimoy

I strive for individual pictures that will burn in people's memories.

— Steve McCurry

Images are ... a kind of emotional shorthand.

— Erica Jong

I was listening to a lot of hip hop, music like Public Enemy that was about raising consciousness, and I realised I could feed…

— Chris Ofili

We share a huge visual memory bank, mostly through painting and other images in history. I think when a modern photograph taps into those,…

— Chris Hondros

I try to take pictures on their own terms, considering the historical and social context from which they emerge.

— Luc Sante

I have always attempted to create images that deliver the maximum amount of information about the subject.

— Chuck Close

My goal is to create an image that would remind you of something that you haven't seen before.

— Anonymous