13 Quotes by David Hurn

These are the two basic controls at the photographer's command--position and timing--all others are extensions, peripheral ones, compared to them

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.

The most important piece of equipment after the camera is a good pair of shoes.

I think of myself as a reportage photographer. I like the word. It implies a personal account of an observed event with connotations of subjectivity but honesty. It is eye-witness photography.

Learn from the best; the second raters have nothing to offer.

My advice is: learn from the best or teach yourself. And do not bother at all if you do not have an exaggerated sense of curiosity.

I never claim my photographs reveal some definitive truth. I claim that this is what I saw and felt about the subject at the time the pictures were made. That’s all that any photographer can claim. I do not know any great photographer who would presume otherwise.

You are not a photographer because you are interested in photography.

These are the two basic controls at the photographer’s command – positi on and timing – all others are extensions, peripheral ones, compared to them.