Occupation: Photojournalist Birth: April 23, 1950
If you wait, people will forget your camera, and the soul will drift up into view..
For those who were desperate, my camera became an object of hope (...)Throughout my year-long coverage of the monsoon world, my strongest conviction ….
We photographers say that we take a picture, and in a certain sense, that is true. We take something from people's lives, but in doing so we tell the….
In our contemporary society, one so over-inundated with imagery, it is easy to overlook the power of a single frame to change the way we look at the ….
My life is shaped by the urgent need to wander and observe, and my camera is my passport..
Some of the great pictures happen along the journey and not necessarily at your destination..
I think life is too short not to be doing something which you really believe in..
If you want to be a photographer, first leave home.
To become a photographer leave your house first..
Most of my photos are grounded in people, I look for the unguarded moment, the essential soul peeking out, experience etched on a persons face..
If you want to be a photographer, you have to photograph..
What matters most is that each picture stands on its own with its own place and feeling..
I strive for individual pictures that will burn in people's memories..
What is important to my work is the individual picture. I photograph stories on assignment, and of course they have to be put together coherently. Bu….
A picture can express a universal humanism, or simply reveal a delicate and poignant truth by exposing a slice of life that might otherwise pass unno….
In India in particular, where millions have no home but the streets, virtually every life event is carried out in public: prayer, eating, sleeping, n….
I think life is too short not to be doing something which you really believe in. Whether you're photographing for yourself, for your job, whether you….
A still photograph is something which you can always go back to. You can put it on your wall and look at it again and again. Because it is that froze….
Unconsciously, I think I watch for a look, an expression, features or nostalgia that can summarize or more accurately reveal life..
The photograph is an undeniably powerful medium. Free from the constraints of language, and harnessing the unique qualities of a single moment frozen….
The definition of a great picture is one that stays with you, one that you can't forget. It doesn't have to be technically good at all..