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

- David Hurn

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…

- David Hurn

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…

- David Hurn

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…

- David Hurn

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 …

- David Hurn

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…

- David Hurn

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 …

- David Hurn

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

- David Hurn

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

- David Hurn