Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.

Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.

There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.

There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.

You know what a camera is? A mirror with memory.

You know what a camera is? A mirror with memory.

There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.

There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.

The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.

The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.

A photograph is neither taken nor seized by force. It offers itself up. It is the photo that takes you. read more

A photograph is neither taken nor seized by force. It offers itself up. It is the photo that takes you. One must not take photos.

Photography is truth. And cinema is truth twenty-four times a second.

Photography is truth. And cinema is truth twenty-four times a second.

The virtue of the camera is not the power it has to transform the photographer into an artist, but the read more

The virtue of the camera is not the power it has to transform the photographer into an artist, but the impulse it gives him to keep on looking.

To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it read more

To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.