1,962 Quotes About Photography

Through photography and image I have been afforded the privilege of sharing the stories and myths of people's lives with others. The process for me became self-revelatory. It was a process of soul-making, something all humans are engaged in, no matter their endeavor. I saw a part of myself in each person I photographed. I came to realize, through the alchemical process of living, that each life is important, no matter how little that life seems to offer.

I take same picture twice, First with my heart then camera.

And for the world's orphans. A portion of this book's proceeds will go to you.

I know the best moments can never be captured on film, even as I spend nearly half my life trying to do just that.

When people call me a photographer, I always feel like something of a charlatan—at least in Japanese. The word shashin, for photograph, combines the characters sha, meaning to reflect or copy, and shin, meaning truth, hence the photographer seems to entertain grand delusions of portraying truth.

He'd never need a camera to remember this, and damn if he ever wanted anyone but him to see her like she was at this moment.

The camera does not make the photographer, it’s the eye that sublimates the image

A photograph is not only an image (as a painting is an image), an interpretation of the real; it is also a trace, something directly stenciled off the real, like a footprint or a death mask.

I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers.