“I never took it upon myself to change the world. And those contemporaries of mine who were going around falling for the idea that they were going to bring down the United States government and make a new world were just asses to me.” WorldIdeasStatesGovernmentFallUnitedUnited StatesMinesPhotographyPhotographerAssChanging The WorldNew WorldState GovernmentUnited States Government Book:Of time & place: Walker Evans and William Christenberry Source: Of time & place: Walker Evans and William Christenberry
“And friends of mine that had photography class in high school would develop the film and make prints and I'd take them back to the track and give 'em away or try and sell them. Much to my parents' dismay, I majored in photography in college.” GivingTryingSchoolFilmParentClassMinesCollegePhotographyHigh SchoolSellsPhotographerTrackEmsPrintDismayFilm Photography Author:John Sexton
“[Photography] allows me to accede to an infra-knowledge; it supplies me with a collection of partial objects and can flatter a certain fetishism of mine: for this 'me' which like knowledge, which nourishes a kind of amorous preference for it. In the same way, I like certain biographical features which, in a writer's life, delight me as much as certain photographs; I have called these features 'biographemes'; Photography has the same relation to History that the biographeme has to biography.” WayKindCertainObjectsMinesPhotographyRelationPhotographDelightFeaturesCollectionsBiographiesPreferenceSuppliesAmorous Author:Roland Barthes
“I have always felt that a lot of the most interesting work, not just mine but other people's, falls into [the] nether area, somewhere between the worlds of documentary and photojournalism (two very vague words) and the world of art. I think a lot of street photography falls into this nether area.” PeopleThinkingWorldArtTwoFallFeltInterestingStreetsMinesPhotographyAreasVagueDocumentariesMost InterestingStreet PhotographyPhotojournalism Author:Alex Webb
“Photography is an individual passion of mine. I don't get paid to do it, although people offer me money. I do it because I love it, and if there's no money attached, I don't have to do anything. It's my weekend away, my vacation, whether it's an hour or five hours or editing photos on my laptop in the middle of the night. It gives me relief from all the other stuff.” PeopleIfsGivingNightPassionIndividualStuffHoursFiveMiddleMinesOffersPhotographyGive MePaidReliefWeekendVacationEditingNo MoneyMiddle Of The NightLaptops Author:Nikki Sixx
“People say photographs don't lie, mine do.” PeopleLyingMinesPhotographyPhotographerPhotographPhotography By PhotographersDon't LieI Don't Lie Author:David LaChapelle
“Photography has been a passion of mine since I was 15. After my kids were born I found myself incorporating my photography into different art endeavors and from there it just blossomed.” Has BeensArtDifferentKidsPassionFoundBornMinesPhotographyEndeavourBright LightsIncorporating Author:Angela Cartwright
“I very strongly believe that if you go back to your roots, if you mine that inner territory, you can bring out something that is indelibly you and authentic - like your thumbprint. It's going to have your style because there is no one like you.” IfsBelieveStyleMinesLike YouPhotographyRootsPhotographerTerritoryVery StrongThumbprints Author:Joyce Tenneson