Photographer quotes

Does not the very word 'creative' mean to build, to initiate, to give out, to act - rather than to be acted upon, to be subjective? Living photography is positive in its approach, it sings a song of life - not death.

It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.

My portraits are more about me than they are about the people I photograph.

Character, like a photograph, develops in darkness.

I have found that great people do have in common an immense belief in themselves and in their mission. They also have great determination as well as an ability to work hard. At the crucial moment of decision, they draw on their accumulated wisdom. Above all, they have integrity.

There is a brief moment when all there is in a man's mind and soul and spirit is reflected through his eyes, his hands, his attitude. This is the moment to record.

Photography is a major force in explaining man to man.

I didn't decide to be a photographer; I just happened to fall into it.

Let us first say what photography is not. A photograph is not a painting, a poem, a symphony, a dance. It is not just a pretty picture, not an exercise in contortionist techniques and sheer print quality. It is or should be a significant document, a penetrating statement, which can be described in a very simple term - selectivity.

Photography can never grow up if it imitates some other medium. It has to walk alone; it has to be itself.