“I began drawing as a very young child and had a grandfather who experimented with photography, so those things constituted my first exposure to art.” FirstsChildrenArtYoungPhotographyDrawingGrandfatherExposureYoung Children Author:Sigmar Polke
“I was born on a tiny cot in southwestern Massachusetts during World War II. A sickly child, I turned to photography to overcome my loneliness and isolation.” WorldChildrenWarBornLonelinessPhotographyOvercomingTinyWar Of The WorldsIsolationWorld War IiWorld War IMassachusetts Book:William Wegman: Funney/strange Source: William Wegman: Funney/strange
“Even a fellow with a camera has his favourite subjects, as we can see looking through the Kodak-albums of our friends. One amateur prefers the family group, another bathing scenes, another cows upon an alp, or kittens held upside down in the arms of a black-faced child. The tendency to choose one subject rather than another indicates the photographer's temperament. Nevertheless, his passion is for photography rather than for selection, a kitten will serve when no cows are available.” ChildrenPassionBlackGroupsSubjectsArmsScenePhotographyCamerasFellowsPhotographerAlbumsAvailableTendenciesCowsFavouriteNeverthelessSelectionTemperamentUpside DownKittenBathingAlpsKodak Author:E. M. Forster
“Nudity in photography, whether involving adults or children, is a subject sinking under a freight of political and moral disapproval it could never hope to support, and this is not the place for me to get out the bilge pump. I will only say that critics who tremble so fiercely at the thought of the voyeuristic male gaze miss the point that distance generates mystery and enchantment, and expresses the awe with which the male imagination regards all women.” ChildrenPoliticalImaginationMoralSupportMysterySubjectsMissingPhotographyAdultsRegardDistanceCriticsMalesAweInvolvingSinkingNudityPumpsEnchantmentDisapproval Author:J. G. Ballard
“I didn't intend to work on the issue of child marriage, but I felt like it was a topic that is related to a lot of the other issues, like acid attacks, self-immolation, and female genital mutilation. I wanted to continue to drive the conversation, but my overall goal is to protect girls. Photography has a way of addressing the viewer whether they want to deal with it or not, and that's why photography is such a good medium for documenting the issues that girls face.” ChildrenGirlGoalProtectPhotographyFemaleThat Girl Author:Stephanie Sinclair
“It is part of the photographer's job to see more intensely than most people do. He must have and keep in him something of the receptiveness of the child who looks at the world for the first time or of the traveler who enters a strange country.” PeopleWorldFirstsLooksChildrenCountryJobsStrangePhotographyFirst TimePhotographerTraveler Book:Camera in London Source: Camera in London
“You know, my parents have always been incredibly supportive. I'm an only child, so we're very close. There's just the three of us. They're exceptional parents but also great friends. My father was able to take his hobby, photography, and turn it into a beautiful career. So when they saw how much I loved acting, they were 100 percent behind me.” KnowsChildrenAbleBeautifulTurnsThreeFatherParentActingBehindsCareersSawsPhotographyPercentHobbiesSupportiveExceptionalOnly ChildGreat Friend Author:Sophia Bush
“I have a deep respect and love for these tiny humans, and I hope to convey in my images a measure of the beauty that exists in all children.” HumansChildrenBeautyPhotographyAnd LovePhotographerTinyLove And Respect Author:Anne Geddes
“I was a Catholic boy, I went to church every Sunday. A church has a certain magic and mystery for a child. It still shows in how I arrange things. It's always little altars.” ChildrenLittlesStillsShowsCertainChurchBoysMagicMysteryPhotographyCatholicPhotographerSundayAltars Author:Robert Mapplethorpe
“We pass the billboard and I console myself in two ways. First, I know that most photographs taken are a gamble at best. Second and more important: I remind myself to find the pleasure in this moment, a time in which the red sky passes to black, children create unanticipated rhymes, and the stars fall closer to earth.” KnowsWayFirstsChildrenTwoImportantMomentsEarthFallStarsBlackPleasureTakenSkyPhotographyRedPhotographerPhotographRhymeTwo WaysGambleConsoleBillboards Author:Laura McPhee
“Photography has always reminded me of the second child.. trying to prove itself. The fact that it wasn't really considered an art.. that it was considered a craft.. has trapped almost every serious photographer.” TryingChildrenArtFactsSeriousProvePhotographyPhotographerCraftsTrappedProve It Author:Richard Avedon
“If I had to pick a single word to describe what my pictures are all about, I would say 'secrets.' As a child I always had a secret world and my favorite book was “A Secret Garden.” IfsWorldChildrenBookSecretPhotographyPicksGardenPhotographerMy FavoriteSingle WordFavorite BookSecret Garden Author:Joyce Tenneson