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On Photography Quotes: "Some people's photography is an art. Mine is not. If they happen to be exhibited in a gallery or a museum, that's fine. But that's not why I do them. I'm a gun for hire."

Some people's photography is an art. Mine is not. If they happen to be exhibited in a gallery or a museum, that's fine. But that's not why I do them. I'm a gun for hire.



On Photography Quotes: "Photography is all about secrets... The secrets we all have and will never tell."

Photography is all about secrets... The secrets we all have and will never tell.




On Photography Quotes: "If you can smell the street by looking at the photo, it's a street photograph"

If you can smell the street by looking at the photo, it's a street photograph



On Photography Quotes: "There is a vast difference between taking a picture and making a photograph."

There is a vast difference between taking a picture and making a photograph.




On Photography Quotes: "The photograph is completely abstracted from life, yet it looks like life. That is what has always excited me about photography."

The photograph is completely abstracted from life, yet it looks like life. That is what has always excited me about photography.



On Photography Quotes: "When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence."

When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.



On Photography Quotes: "Patience is the essence of clicking great Photographs!!"

Patience is the essence of clicking great Photographs!!





On Photography Quotes: "A photograph is a biography of a moment."

A photograph is a biography of a moment.



On Photography Quotes: "Photography is like making cheese. It takes a hell of a lot of milk to make a small amount of cheese just like it takes a hell of a lot of photos to get a good one."

Photography is like making cheese. It takes a hell of a lot of milk to make a small amount of cheese just like it takes a hell of a lot of photos to get a good one.



On Photography Quotes: "The clue to book jacket photography is to look friendly and approachable, but not too glamorous."

The clue to book jacket photography is to look friendly and approachable, but not too glamorous.



On Photography Quotes: "Now, to consult the rules of composition before making a picture is a little like consulting the law of gravity before going for a walk."

Now, to consult the rules of composition before making a picture is a little like consulting the law of gravity before going for a walk.




On Photography Quotes: "I was making photographs of the world long before I was a photographer."

I was making photographs of the world long before I was a photographer.



On Photography Quotes: "Life as it unfolds in front of the camera is full of so much complexity, wonder and surprise that I find it unnecessary to create new realities. There is more pleasure, for me, in things as-they-are."

Life as it unfolds in front of the camera is full of so much complexity, wonder and surprise that I find it unnecessary to create new realities. There is more pleasure, for me, in things as-they-are.



On Photography Quotes: "I fell in love with the process of taking pictures, with wandering around finding things. To me it feels like a kind of performance. The picture is a document of that performance."

I fell in love with the process of taking pictures, with wandering around finding things. To me it feels like a kind of performance. The picture is a document of that performance.



On Photography Quotes: "With photography, I like to create a fiction out of reality. I try and do this by taking society's natural prejudice and giving this a twist."

With photography, I like to create a fiction out of reality. I try and do this by taking society's natural prejudice and giving this a twist.



On Photography Quotes: "The function of the photographer is to help people understand the world around them."

The function of the photographer is to help people understand the world around them.



On Photography Quotes: "If I am at a party, I want to be at the party. Too many photographers use the camera to avoid participating in things. They become professional observers."

If I am at a party, I want to be at the party. Too many photographers use the camera to avoid participating in things. They become professional observers.



On Photography Quotes: "When I say I want to photograph someone, what it really means is that I'd like to know them. Anyone I know I photograph."

When I say I want to photograph someone, what it really means is that I'd like to know them. Anyone I know I photograph.



On Photography Quotes: "A thing that you see in my pictures is that I was not afraid to fall in love with these people."

A thing that you see in my pictures is that I was not afraid to fall in love with these people.



On Photography Quotes: "The world just does not fit conveniently into the format of a 35mm camera."

The world just does not fit conveniently into the format of a 35mm camera.



On Photography Quotes: "Above all, I know that life for a photographer cannot be a matter of indifference."

Above all, I know that life for a photographer cannot be a matter of indifference.



On Photography Quotes: "Photography - the new, rapid, concrete reflector of the world - should surely undertake to show the world from all vantage points, and to develop people's capacity to see from all sides. (1928)"

Photography - the new, rapid, concrete reflector of the world - should surely undertake to show the world from all vantage points, and to develop people's capacity to see from all sides. (1928)



On Photography Quotes: "For me, the strength of photography lies in its ability to evoke humanity. If war is an attempt to negate humanity, then photography can be perceived as the opposite of war."

For me, the strength of photography lies in its ability to evoke humanity. If war is an attempt to negate humanity, then photography can be perceived as the opposite of war.



On Photography Quotes: "The photographic image... is a message without a code."

The photographic image... is a message without a code.



On Photography Quotes: "Try to go out empty and let your images fill you up."

Try to go out empty and let your images fill you up.



On Photography Quotes: "There are no bad pictures; that's just how your face looks sometimes."

There are no bad pictures; that's just how your face looks sometimes.



On Photography Quotes: "I work from awkwardness. By that I mean I don't like to arrange things. If I stand in front of something, instead of arranging it, I arrange myself."

I work from awkwardness. By that I mean I don't like to arrange things. If I stand in front of something, instead of arranging it, I arrange myself.



On Photography Quotes: "The enemy of photography is the convention, the fixed rules of 'how to do'. The salvation of photography comes from the experiment."

The enemy of photography is the convention, the fixed rules of 'how to do'. The salvation of photography comes from the experiment.



On Photography Quotes: "She glances at the photo, and the pilot light of memory flickers in her eyes."

She glances at the photo, and the pilot light of memory flickers in her eyes.



On Photography Quotes: "What I find interesting is working in a society with certain taboos and fashion photography is about that kind of society. To have taboos, then to get around them that is interesting."

What I find interesting is working in a society with certain taboos and fashion photography is about that kind of society. To have taboos, then to get around them that is interesting.



On Photography Quotes: "I always say that photography's closest cousin is poetry because of the way it sparks your imagination and leaves gaps for the viewer to fill in."

I always say that photography's closest cousin is poetry because of the way it sparks your imagination and leaves gaps for the viewer to fill in.



On Photography Quotes: "I am not interested in rules or conventions. Photography is not a sport."

I am not interested in rules or conventions. Photography is not a sport.



On Photography Quotes: "[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."

[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.



On Photography Quotes: "Photography is a major force in explaining man to man."

Photography is a major force in explaining man to man.



On Photography Quotes: "I tend to think of the act of photographing, generally speaking, as an adventure. My favorite thing is to go where I’ve never been."

I tend to think of the act of photographing, generally speaking, as an adventure. My favorite thing is to go where I’ve never been.



On Photography Quotes: "In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present."

In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.



On Photography Quotes: "For me the true business of photography is to capture a bit of reality (whatever that is) on film...if, later, the reality means something to someone else, so much the better."

For me the true business of photography is to capture a bit of reality (whatever that is) on film...if, later, the reality means something to someone else, so much the better.



On Photography Quotes: "I'm not an artist. An artist makes an object. Me, it's not an object, I work in history, I'm a storyteller."

I'm not an artist. An artist makes an object. Me, it's not an object, I work in history, I'm a storyteller.



On Photography Quotes: "Character, like a photograph, develops in darkness."

Character, like a photograph, develops in darkness.



On Photography Quotes: "Things happen in front of you. That's perhaps the most wonderful and mysterious aspect of photography."

Things happen in front of you. That's perhaps the most wonderful and mysterious aspect of photography.



On Photography Quotes: "Perhaps most intriguing of all is that it is possible to photograph what is impossible for the human eye to see - cumulative time."

Perhaps most intriguing of all is that it is possible to photograph what is impossible for the human eye to see - cumulative time.



On Photography Quotes: "I have a deep respect and love for these tiny humans, and I hope to convey in my images a measure of the beauty that exists in all children."

I have a deep respect and love for these tiny humans, and I hope to convey in my images a measure of the beauty that exists in all children.



On Photography Quotes: "No matter how slow the film, Spirit always stands still long enough for the photographer It has chosen."

No matter how slow the film, Spirit always stands still long enough for the photographer It has chosen.



On Photography Quotes: "Photography cannot change the world, but it can show the world, especially when it changes."

Photography cannot change the world, but it can show the world, especially when it changes.



On Photography Quotes: "A woman artist could be one of those intuitive geniuses [who] have kept their childlike spirit and have added to it breadth of vision and experience."

A woman artist could be one of those intuitive geniuses [who] have kept their childlike spirit and have added to it breadth of vision and experience.



On Photography Quotes: "Anyone interested in design must be interested in other fields of expression - theater, ballet, photography, literature, music."

Anyone interested in design must be interested in other fields of expression - theater, ballet, photography, literature, music.



On Photography Quotes: "My creative process begins when I get out with the camera and interact with the world. A camera is truly a license to explore. There are no uninteresting things. There are just uninterested people."

My creative process begins when I get out with the camera and interact with the world. A camera is truly a license to explore. There are no uninteresting things. There are just uninterested people.



On Photography Quotes: "I began to realize that the camera sees the world differently than the human eye and that sometimes those differences can make a photograph more powerful than what you actually observed."

I began to realize that the camera sees the world differently than the human eye and that sometimes those differences can make a photograph more powerful than what you actually observed.