In previous ages the word 'art' was used to cover all forms of human skill. The Greeks believed that these skills were given by the gods to man for t….

It is the purpose of life that each of us strives to become actually what he or she is potentially. Each photographer, then, should be obsessed with ….

Life as it unfolds in front of the camera is full of so much complexity, wonder and surprise that I find it unnecessary to create new realities. Ther….

The fundamental issue is one of emphasis: you are not a photographer because you are interested in photography...The reason is that photography is on….

These are the two basic controls at the photographer's command--positi on and timing--all others are extensions, peripheral ones, compared to them.

The most important piece of equipment after the camera is a good pair of shoes..

I'm a photographer, obviously. My chosen tool for understanding life, and communicating the results of this search to others, is the camera..

...one day I was speculating on how I would like to look back on life and I decided I wanted to feel that I was a photographer rather than a teacher.….

You are not a photographer because you are interested in photography..

Learn from the best; the second raters have nothing to offer..

I never claim my photographs reveal some definitive truth. I claim that this is what I saw and felt about the subject at the time the pictures were m….

For me photography is an excuse to be nosy about things I want to know about..

There are many forms of photography. I consider myself simply a recorder of that which I find of interest around me. I personally have no desire to c….

I think of myself as a reportage photographer. I like the word. It implies a personal account of an observed event with connotations of subjectivity ….

This idea fascinates me. The idea that a few seconds of watching a photographer in action can tell you his/her status in the medium. And it's true. I….

The destination of the photograph is to reveal what something or somebody looked like, under a particular set of conditions, at a particular moment i….

My advice is: learn from the best or teach yourself. And do not bother at all if you do not have an exaggerated sense of curiosity..