In my portraits I try to avoid the fleeting expression and vivacity of a snapshot..

Photography is still a very new medium and everything must be tried and dare..

The photographer must possess and preserve the receptive faculties of a child who looks at the world for the first time..

Andre Breton once said that a portrait should not only be an image but an oracle one questions, and that the photographer's aim should be a profound ….

When I began to photograph nudes, I let myself be guided by this camera, and instead of photographing what I saw, I photographed what the camera was ….

The good photographer will produce a competent picture every time whatever his subject. But only when his subject makes and immediate and direct appe….

I am not very interested in extraordinary angles. They can be effective on certain occasions, but I do not feel the necessity for them in my own work….

A good nude photograph can be erotic, but certainly not sentimental or pornographic..

A photographer must be prepared to catch and hold on to those elements which give distinction to the subject or lend it atmosphere..

It is part of the photographer's job to see more intensely than most people do. He must have and keep in him something of the receptiveness of a chil….

But I did not always know just what it was I wanted to photograph. I believe it is important for a photographer to discover this, for unless he finds….

It is the gift of seeing the life around them clearly and vividly, as something that is exciting in its own right. It is an innate gift, varying in i….

Sometimes they are a matter of luck; the photographer could not expect or hope for them. Sometimes they are a matter of patience, waiting for an effe….

Photography has no rules, it is not a sport. It is the result which counts, no matter how it is achieved..

Photographers should follow their own judgment, and not the fads and dictates of others. Photography is still a very new medium and everything is all….

Photography is not a sport. It has no rules. Everything must be dared and tried!.

Photographers should follow their own judgment, and not the fads and dictates of others..

I consider it essential that the photographer should do his own printing and enlarging. The final effect of the finished print depends so much on the….

It is essential for the photographer to know the effect of his lenses. The lens is his eye, and it makes or ruins his pictures. A feeling for composi….

If there is any method in the way I take pictures, I believe it lies in this: See the subject first. Do not try to force it to be a picture of this, ….

No amount of toying with shades of print or with printing papers will transform a commonplace photograph into anything other than a commonplace photo….