When I first asked to take pictures of women at their homes, I was using my formal camera and I struggled to get the shots because I was still very m…

- Olivia Arthur

At the beginning of my career, a more senior photographer told me to shoot stories on women and I didn't want to. But I spent two and a half years in…

- Olivia Arthur

Photography is about being patient. I'm quiet, I watch the situation. I let things happen and photograph them when they happen; that's my approach, a…

- Olivia Arthur

Photojournalism is photography with more story telling. A single image can be amazing and dramatic. I started out shooting individual images, but I f…

- Olivia Arthur

You have to decide where the line is in such a complicated place like Saudi Arabia. I was so confused by the place - there's no simple story. It's a …

- Olivia Arthur

Saudi Arabia is so conservative. At first there were photographs of women I took that I couldn't publish - of women without their abayas. So I starte…

- Olivia Arthur