24 Quotes by David Burnett

I see myself as a recorder of history, sort of a visual historian.

War isn't a TV show with plot twists to keep the viewers interested. The proliferation of images and blanket media coverage have suffocated the life out of old-style photojournalism.

The greatest photographs are motivated by human feeling.

I saw Pensacola after Ivan and it was nothing like this, ... This is a disaster, the big one.

Well a little disappointed but we'll work with what we have to work with.

They need to make it easy for emergency responders, ... anything we could do to help mitigate that problem or deal with uncertainty.

It's very crucial in a life-saving issue to make sure something as simple as numbers is taken care of, ... If someone's having a heart attack, you're trying to get there in four to six minutes, no more than ten minutes.

If you want a reflective sign that will be visible day or night, call us,

I hate being away, but I understand that for me, that’s where the work, the stories are.