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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.
It takes a lot of imagination to be a good photographer. You need less imagination to be a painter, because read more
It takes a lot of imagination to be a good photographer. You need less imagination to be a painter, because you can invent things. But in photography everything is so ordinary; it takes a lot of looking before you learn to see the ordinary.
I always thought of photography as a naughty thing to do -- that was one of my favorite things about read more
I always thought of photography as a naughty thing to do -- that was one of my favorite things about it, and when I first did it, I felt very perverse.
To manipulate an image is to control a people
To manipulate an image is to control a people
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.
I take photographs with love, so I try to make them art objects. But I make them for myself first read more
I take photographs with love, so I try to make them art objects. But I make them for myself first and foremost - that is important.
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.
When photography was invented it was thought to be an equivalent to truth, it was truth with a capital "T".
When photography was invented it was thought to be an equivalent to truth, it was truth with a capital "T".
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.