Photograph Quotes

My memory of those places is better than my pictures. That’s why I get much more satisfaction out of shooting thematic work that has to do with an idea that I’m searching for, or searching to express.

Why are there no “during” pictures?

To photograph truthfully and effectively is to see beneath the surfaces.

The thing that was most interesting to me was getting my first prints back from the printer and realizing photography doesn’t end with the click of a button, it starts there. Printing is so exciting.

People comment on my pictures, ‘Stay healthy.’

I can’t be anonymous by reason of your confounded photographs. (To Julia Margaret Cameron)

A true photographer is as rare as a true poet or a true painter.

I became involved in photography when I was about thirteen years old.

I like to do the pictures before people get too self-conscious. I like to be spontaneous and get a shot before the subject thinks too much about it.

I’m as interested in photographing the film crew as much as the actors and actresses.