I was really relieved not to have to drag something in front of the camera; I could use a pencil and paper. A regular pencil and typing paper. That a…

- William Wegman

I was born on a tiny cot in southwestern Massachusetts during World War II. A sickly child, I turned to photography to overcome my loneliness and iso…

- William Wegman

Sometimes I've drawn on autobiographical material, maybe situations that I've felt trapped by, and turned them into something else, but in a very sup…

- William Wegman

Dangle something in front of the camera. Get something surprising to be released.

- William Wegman

My background is in painting but in school in the sixties, like many artists of that time, I believed that painting was dead. I began to work in coll…

- William Wegman

Start with a premise and then somehow invert it.

- William Wegman

In 1978 I decided not to work with Man Ray as an act of self-discipline. I didn't want to rely on him. Man Ray hated not working, though. He would co…

- William Wegman

I get so confused about life photography art.

- William Wegman

My Weimaraners are perfect fashion models. Their elegant, slinky forms are covered in gray - and gray, everyone knows, goes with anything.

- William Wegman