“Photographers, along with dentists, are the two professions never satisfied with what they do. Every dentist would like to be a doctor and inside every photographer is a painter trying to get out.” TryingTwoPhotographyDoctorsPhotographerProfessionSatisfiedPainterDentist Author:Pablo Picasso
“[Photojournalism] really is the only branch of photography that's a credit to our profession. We see, we understand; we see more, we understand more.” PhotographyCreditProfessionBranchesPhotojournalism Author:Philip Jones Griffiths
“There was a time when one looked over one's shoulder with an ironical smile at the photographer and when photography as a profession seemed almost invariably a target for ridicule. That time is now over.” PhotographyPhotographerProfessionShouldersTargetRidicule Author:Albert Renger-Patzsch
“Photography, fortunately, to me has not only been a profession but also a contact between people - to understand human nature and record, if possible, the best in each individual.” PeopleIfsHumansIndividualRecordsHuman NaturePhotographyProfessionContact Book:Muray's celebrity portraits of the twenties and thirties: 135 photographs Source: Muray's celebrity portraits of the twenties and thirties: 135 photographs
“Even if not a single picture is never published, they exist. And that means that we are recording the history of the human race. If that's all your doing, it still a very very worth while profession to be involved in.” IfsHumansMeanStillsRaceInvolvedPhotographyProfessionHuman RaceSingle Picture Author:Philip Jones Griffiths
“There are a lot of cameramen but not so many photographers. And a lot of cameramen attack from a technical approach without much imagination. They look, but they don't see.” LooksImaginationVisionSeeingApproachPhotographyPhotographerProfessionAttackingTechniciansCinematographyCameraman Author:Gordon Willis