“If there is something occurring that is so bad that it could be considered a crime against humanity, it has to be transmitted with anguish, with pain, and create an impact in people - upset them, shake them up, wake them out of their everyday routine.” PeopleIfsPainHumanityCrimePhotographyImpactEverydayUpsetShakesRoutineAnguishCrimes Against HumanityEveryday Routine Author:James Nachtwey
“For me, documentary photography has always come with great responsibility. Not just to tell the story honestly and with empathy, but also to make sure the right people hear it. When you photograph somebody who is in pain or discomfort, they trust you to make sure the images will act as their advocate.” PeopleStoriesPainResponsibilityPhotographyEmpathyPhotographHonestlyDocumentariesDiscomfortGreat ResponsibilityDocumentary Photography Author:Giles Duley
“Anything that is worth pursuing is going to require us to suffer, just a little bit.” LittlesPainSufferingBitsGoalPhotographyLittle BitWorthyPursueWorthwhile Author:Chris Burkard
“All I wanted was to connect my moods with those of Paris. Beauty pains and when it pained most, I shot.” WantedPainPhotographyShotsMoodParis Author:Ernst Haas
“What makes [photography] obscene is its terrible cruelty. Happiness may be fleeting, but it's the reason we go on living. Photography is the joy that precedes pain, the moment of life just before death.” MayReasonMomentsPainJoyGoes OnTerriblePhotographyCrueltyFleetingObsceneMoments Of LifeBefore Death Author:Nobuyoshi Araki
“The painter constructs, the photographer discloses.” PainPaintingPhotographyPhotographerPhotographPainterConstructsCapturing A Moment Photography Book:On photography Source: On photography
“All photographs are there to remind us of what we forget. In this - as in other ways - they are the opposite of paintings. Paintings record what the painter remembers. Because each one of us forgets different things, a photo more than a painting may change its meaning according to who is looking at it.” WayMayDifferentPainRememberForgetRecordsPaintingPhotographyOppositesPhotographPainterDifferent ThingsCapturing A Moment Photography Author:John Berger