“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.”
Quote by Eve Arnold
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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
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“Taking pictures is savoring life intensely, every hundredth of a second.”
“I have nothing to hide in art. The initial force alone can bring anyone to the end he must attain.”
“If you see something that moves you, and then snap it, you keep a moment.”
“The whole point of taking pictures is so that you don't have to explain things with words.”
“My life is shaped by the urgent need to wander and observe, and my camera is my passport.”
“If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn't need to lug around a camera.”
Source: Photo story: selected letters and photographs of Lewis W. Hine
“Which of my photographs is my favorite? The one I'm going to take tomorrow.”