“If the photographer is interested in the people in front of his lens, and if he is compassionate, it's already a lot. The instrument is not the camera but the photographer.” PeopleIfsInspirationalFrontsPhotographyCamerasInstrumentsPhotographerPhotographCompassionateLensesPhotography By PhotographersInspirational PhotographyGreat PhotographyCamera And PhotographyInspiring Photography Author:Eve Arnold
“It doesn’t matter if you use a box camera or a Leica, the important thing is what motivates you when you are photographing. What I have tried to do is involve the people I was photographing. To have them realize without saying so, that it was up to them to give me whatever they wanted to give me . . . if they were willing to give, I was willing to photograph.” PeopleIfsGivingImportantMatterUseWantedRealizingWillingGive MeCamerasImportant ThingsPhotographBoxesLeica Author:Eve Arnold
“The instrument is not the camera but the photographer.” PhotographyCamerasInstrumentsPhotographerPhotographPhotography By PhotographersInspirational PhotographyGreat PhotographyCamera And PhotographyInspiring Photography Author:Eve Arnold
“What I have tried to do is involve the people I was photographing... if they were willing to give, I was willing to photograph.” PeopleIfsGivingWillingPhotographLeica Author:Eve Arnold
“Recording sessions were stimulating to photograph, because everything was in motion: the subject, the musicians, the technicians and the photographer. You needed fast reflexes to keep up with moving targets, and sensitivity and skill to get the pictures while keeping out of the performers' eyeline so as not to break their concentration.” MovingBreakSubjectsNeededSkillsMusicianPhotographerPhotographConcentrationTargetPerformersSensitivitySessionReflexesTechnicians Book:Film Journal Source: Film Journal