“By trying many different approaches, you may slowly reach the point where you say more about yourself than about the objects or the landscapes or the people you photograph - and this is where photography really interests me.” PeopleTryingMayDifferentInterestObjectsApproachPhotographyPhotographLandscapeAbout YourselfDifferent Approach Author:Frank Horvat
“There's this idea that photography is a kind of testimony and therefore we're forbidden to tell lies with it. I think that's nonsense. Photography isn't testimony.” ThinkingKindIdeasLyingPhotographyNonsenseTestimonyForbidden Author:Frank Horvat
“To me, photography is not just a visual art, but something closer to poetry - or at least to some poetry, such as the haiku.” ArtPhotographyVisualsHaikuVisual Art Author:Frank Horvat
“To me photography can be simultaneously a record and a mirror or window of self-expression.” SelfRecordsExpressionPhotographyWindowMirrorsSelf Expression Author:Eikoh Hosoe
“When you take a photo at 1/1000 of a second, the moment can become an eternal fact, an eternal moment. So we have a philosophical problem of objectivity and subjectivity.” MomentsFactsProblemEternalPhilosophicalObjectivitySubjectivity Author:Eikoh Hosoe
“In a way my work is documentary. But I am also a photographer who has a distinct style. My photographs are a companion to the reality of the situation.” WayRealitySituationStylePhotographerPhotographCompanionDocumentaries Author:Graciela Iturbide
“When I'm taking pictures I even forget that I have a camera. When I shoot I forget about everything. Light comes, death comes, people go in and out in costume - and it's like a play.” PeoplePlayLightForgetCamerasCostumesTaking Pictures Author:Graciela Iturbide
“I do not understand what makes me take a picture. Cartier-Bresson talks about the decisive moment, the necessity to function with lynx eyes and silk gloves. Perhaps what happens when you press the shutter is an intuitive act infused with all you have learned.” MomentsHappensEyeFunctionPressesIntuitiveGlovesSilkShuttersDecisive MomentsCartier Author:Graciela Iturbide
“I never use a telephoto lens. I need to be close to people. I need their complicity; I need them to be aware that I am there taking their picture. I hate paparazzi.” PeopleNeedsUseHateI HateLensesPaparazziComplicity Author:Graciela Iturbide
“What the eye sees is a synthesis of who you are and all you have learned. This is what I would call the language of photography.” EyeLanguagePhotographyWho You AreSynthesis Author:Graciela Iturbide