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

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

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

...one day I was speculating on how I would like to look back on life and I decided I wanted to feel that I was a photographer rather than a teacher.…

- 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

Learn from the best; the second raters have nothing to offer.

- David Hurn

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

- David Hurn