There is one thing the photograph must contain, the humanity of the moment. This kind of photography is realism. But realism is not enough - there has to be vision, and the two together can make a good photograph.
Photography can be perceived as the opposite of war.
Leica, schmeica. The camera doesn't make a bit of difference. All of them can record what you are seeing. But you have to see.
Pictures you have taken have an influence on those that you are going to make. That's life!
I find the single most valuable tool in my darkroom is my trash can
Poetry is when you make new things familiar and familiar things new
In black and white you suggest, in color you state.
I am not interested in shooting new things - I am interested to see things new.
A good photograph is knowing where to stand.
You can find pictures anywhere. It's simply a matter of noticing things and organizing them.
If it makes you laugh, if it makes you cry, if it rips out your heart, that's a good picture.
The more specific you are, the more general it'll be.
We must remember that a photograph can hold just as much as we put into it, and no one has ever approached the full possibilities of the medium.
I love the people I photograph. I mean, they're my friends. I've never met most of them or I don't know them at all, yet through my images I live with them.
Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.
A mad, keen photographer needs to get out into the world and work and make mistakes.
Everywhere I look and most of the time I look, I see photographs.
It's about reacting to what you see, hopefully without preconception. You can find pictures anywhere. It's simply a matter of noticing things and organising them. You just have to care about what's around you and have a concern with humanity and the human comedy.
When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.
A lot of photographers think that if they buy a better camera they'll be able to take better photographs. A better camera won't do a thing for you if you don't have anything in your head or in your heart.
It matters little how much equipment we use; it matters much that we be masters of all we do use.
My best work is often almost unconscious and occurs ahead of my ability to understand it.
Above all, I craved to seize the whole essence, in the confines of one single photograph, of some situation that was in the process of unrolling itself before my eyes.
I don't like to work with assistants. I'm already one too many; the camera alone would be enough.
We are only beginning to learn what to say in a photograph. The world we live in is a succession of fleeting moments, any one of which might say something significant.
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