“For this very reason I refuse all the tricks of the trade and professional virtuosity which could make me betray my career. As soon as I find a subject which interests me, I leave it to the lens to record it truthfully. Look at the reporters and at the amateur photographer! They both have only one goal; to record a memory or a document. And that is pure photography.” LooksReasonGoalInterestMemoriesCareersRecordsSubjectsPurePhotographyTradePhotographerRefuseTricksBetrayReportersDocumentsLensesVirtuosity Author:Andre Kertesz
“Anything that is worth pursuing is going to require us to suffer, just a little bit.” LittlesPainSufferingBitsGoalPhotographyLittle BitWorthyPursueWorthwhile Author:Chris Burkard
“Of course, it may be that the arts of writing and photography are antithetical. The hope and aim of a word-handler is that he maycommunicate a thought or an impression to his reader without the reader's realizing that he has been dragged through a series of hazardous or grotesque syntactical situations. In photography the goal seems to be to prove beyond a doubt that the cameraman, in his great moment of creation, was either hanging by his heels from the rafters or was wedged under the floor with his lens in a knothole.” WritingMayHas BeensArtMomentsSeemsCoursesGoalRealizingSituationDoubtCreationReaderProvePhotographyAimSeriesImpressionHeelsLensesGrotesqueGreat MomentsCameramanArt Of WritingRafters Author:E. B. White
“I feel very lucky. I don't know what else there has to be. I'm happy, as corny as it sounds, to be living in a place where it's easy to live, easy to drive to the airport, easy to go pick up something at the supermarket and to have a circle of friends. Those were my goals in 1998, not to be queen of photography but to make a cultural adjustment to the West. And those are still more important goals to me than professional ones right now.” KnowsFeelsStillsImportantEasySoundGoalRight NowLuckyPhotographyPicksWestCirclesQueensAirportsCornyAdjustmentSupermarketsCircle Of Friends Author:Andrea Modica
“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
“My quest, through the magic of light and shadow, is to isolate, to simplify and to give emphasis to form with the greatest clarity. To indicate the ideal proportion, to reveal sculptural mass and the dominating spirit is my goal.” GivingLightFormSpiritGoalMagicPhotographyMassShadowIdealsPhotographerClarityProportionQuestsEmphasisSimplifyDominatingLight And Shadow Author:Ruth Bernhard
“Making people laugh is one of the highest achievements you can have. And when you can make someone laugh and cry, alternatively, as Chaplin does - now that's the highest of all personal achievements. I don't know that I aim for it, but I recognize it as the supreme goal.” PeopleKnowsDoeGoalLaughingCryAchievementPhotographyHighestAimPhotographerSupremeMaking People LaughChaplinPersonal AchievementMake Someone Laugh Author:Elliott Erwitt
“The development of a love of medium and a responsibility for one's own pictures is an overall goal.” GoalResponsibilityDevelopmentPhotographyMediums Author:Minor White