“I didn't want to be a woman photographer. That would limit me. I wanted to be a photographer who was a woman, with all the world open to my camera.” WorldWantWantedLimitsCamerasPhotographer Book:Eve Arnold: in retrospect Source: Eve Arnold: in retrospect
“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
“I have been poor and I wanted to document poverty; I had lost a child and I was obsessed with birth; I was interested in politics and I wanted to know how it affected our lives; I am a woman and I wanted to know about women.” KnowsChildrenHas BeensWantedLostPoorPovertyKnow HowOur LivesBirthObsessedAffectedDocuments Book:The Unretouched Woman Source: The Unretouched Woman
“I love the idea I can go off with a single camera and a few rolls of film unencumbered... I was not interested in the illusion of reality, I wanted to get close to what was happening.” I CanIdeasRealityWantedFilmHappeningsIllusionCamerasNot Interested Book:Eve Arnold: in retrospect Source: Eve Arnold: in retrospect
