In conclusion, the idea of direction on the part of the photographer has its greatest value when its processes are least discernible to the spectator.

- Arthur Rothstein

I photographed Arthur Coble and his sons Milton and Darrel as they did chores, but the vicious winds made it difficult to see and breathe.

- Arthur Rothstein

A picture story is a sequence of images combined with text in such a way that pictures and words reinforce each other. They produce a planned, organi…

- Arthur Rothstein

It is a rare photographer who can take a detached, cold-blooded view of his work.

- Arthur Rothstein

It is sometimes desirable to distort or accentuate with lenses of various focal lengths... Deliberate distortion may actually add to its reality.

- Arthur Rothstein

Because powerful images are fixed in the mind more readily than words, the photographer needs no interpreter. A photograph means the same thing all o…

- Arthur Rothstein

...a photographer must be aware of and concerned about the words that accompany a picture. These words should be considered as carefully as the light…

- Arthur Rothstein

Photography is a universal language, transcending the boundaries of race, politics, and nationality.

- Arthur Rothstein