“...it is pretentious for photographers to believe that their pictures alone change things. If they did, we wouldn't be besieged by war, by incidents of genocide, by hunger. A more realistic assessment of photography's value is to point out that it is illustrative of what's going on, that it provides a record of history, that photographs can prompt dialogue.” IfsBelieveWarValuesRecordsPhotographyPhotographerPhotographHungerDialogueRealisticGenocideIncidentsAssessmentPretentiousPrompts Author:Eugene Richards
“It's a process of getting to know people. That's what photography is to me. It's about paying attention, not screwing up and blowing a great opportunity.” PeopleKnowsOpportunityProcessAttentionPhotographyPay AttentionGreat Opportunity Author:Eugene Richards
“That's one of the troubles of photography; the implication that what you have in that photograph is the way it is, and of course a year later that's not the way it is. Life moves on and the picture stays. That can be a wonderful idea to be a part of history and on the other hand, you think pictures have a life that they don't have.” ThinkingMovingWonderfulTroublePhotographyPhotograph Author:Eugene Richards
