The good photograph is not the object, the consequences of the photograph are the objects..

It is not enough to photograph the obviously picturesque..

The words that come direct from the people are the greatest.If you substitute one out of your own vocabulary, it disappears before your eyes..

We know by now how to photograph poor people. What we don't know is how to photograph affluence - whose other face is poverty..

To know ahead of time what you're looking for means you're then only photographing your own preconceptions, which is very limiting, and often false..

I believe in living with the camera, and not using the camera..

I believe that what we call beautiful is generally a by-product..

Bring the viewer to your side, include him in your thought. He is not a bystander. You have the power to increase his perceptions and conceptions..

A documentary photograph is not a factual photograph..

You put your camera around your neck along with putting on your shoes, and there it is, an appendage of the body that shares your life with you. The ….

Seeing is more than a physiological phenomenon... We see not only with our eyes but with all that we are and all that our culture is. The artist is a….

The best way to go into an unknown territory is to go in ignorant, ignorant as possible, with your mind wide open, as wide open as possible and not h….

To me, beauty appears when one feels deeply, and art is an act of total attention..

Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still..

One should really use the camera as though tomorrow you'd be stricken blind..

You know there are moments such as these when time stands still and all you do is hold your breath and hope it will wait for you..

I realize more and more what it takes to be a really good photographer. You go in over your head, not just up to your neck..

I trust my instincts. I don't distrust them. They haven't led me astray. It's when I've made up my mind to be efficient that is when I have gone wron….

I had to get my camera to register things that were more important than how poor they were--their pride, their strength, their spirit..

Pick a theme and work it to exhaustion... the subject must be something you truly love or truly hate..

The visual life is an enormous undertaking, practically unattainable..