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“What I have tried to do is involve the people I was photographing... if they were willing to give, I was willing to photograph.”

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Eve Arnold

Eve Arnold was a renowned photographer known for her profound insights into issues of gender and race. Her career spanned half a century, and her work was widely published in prestigious media such as Life magazine. more

“I look for a sense of reality with everything I did. I didn't work in a studio, I didn't light anything. I found a way of working which pleased me because I didn't have to frighten people with heavy equipment. It was that little black box and me and £5 worth of film in my pocket or maybe it was only £2 in those days.”

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Author:Eve Arnold

“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.”

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Book:Eve Arnold: in retrospect

Source: Eve Arnold: in retrospect

“I realise that I had the best of serious picture journalism. There was an innocence in our approach, especially in the 1950s and 1960s when we naively believed that by holding a mirror up to the world we could help - no matter how little - to make people aware of the human condition.”

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Author:Eve Arnold

“If the chemistry is right between star and photographer and the geometry of the pictures pleases the star, often the two people end up with a long-term professional friendship during which they continue to work together and to produce highly personal images.”

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Book:Film Journal

Source: Film Journal

“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.”

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Book:Film Journal

Source: Film Journal

“What has changed is that when I photographed, most people that I photographed didn't have the right of refusal on their work. It would take a Marilyn Monroe at her height to be able to dictate that.”

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Author:Eve Arnold

“I always say that I am a big fan of films but I am an even bigger fan of the filmmaking craft.”

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Author:Fede Alvarez

“Only really good comedies and really good horror movies get a verbal response out of the audience. People will scream. People will laugh.”

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Author:Fede Alvarez

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