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“It doesn't matter if you use a box camera or you use a Leica; the important thing is what motivates you when you are photographing.”

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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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