Definitions Quote by Walker Evans

In a way my work is documentary. But I am also a photographer who has a distinct style. My photographs are a companion to…

— Graciela Iturbide

I do what I feel, that's all. I am an ordinary photographer working for his own pleasure. That's all I've ever done.

— Andre Kertesz

I think of myself as a reportage photographer. I like the word. It implies a personal account of an observed event with connotations of…

— David Hurn

I'm kind of a twisted social documentary photographer.

— Catherine Opie

I've always viewed myself as a behind-the-scenes person rather than in front of the camera.

— Tommy Mottola

Once you start [filming] you have researchers who are constantly giving you information. Ultimately it isn't about impersonating or trying to be an image…

— Vanessa Kirby

It is a serious job being a portrait photographer, which is how I saw myself.

— Astrid Kirchherr

My job as a portrait photographer is to seduce, amuse and entertain.

— Helmut Newton

I do find it strange, doing magazine shoots. Photographers always go, 'Why don't you like to have your picture taken? That's what you do…

— James McAvoy

That's what I love about the mockumentary style, is the added thing of people knowing they are on-camera, which changes your behavior. That's why…

— Paul Feig

I operate the camera, I always do it when I'm the director, and I like to approach it as a documentary, finding the images…

— Benjamin Avila

When I'm on camera, I have to do things pretty much the way I do things in everyday life. It gives the audience someone…

— Glenn Ford