As an emerging photojournalist in the early 70s, my focus was on trying to create stories for magazines to the exclusion of almost everything else. I wish someone had told me then that the most personally important pictures you’ll ever make are those about you and your life. I’m glad I had the chance to work for some great magazines, but I really miss those little everyday images, the ones that take place in and around your own life, which will never make the news. Don’t sell yourself short: photograph your own life, not just everyone else’s.
As an emerging photojournalist in the early 70s, my focus was on trying to create stories for magazines to the exclusion of almost everything else. I… - David Burnett
As an emerging photojournalist in the early 70s, my focus was on trying to create stories for magazines to the exclusion of almost everything else. I…
- David Burnett
It's a given your family will be tired of being photographed, but don't give up. In another couple of decades, those are the pictures you will be gla… - David Burnett
It's a given your family will be tired of being photographed, but don't give up. In another couple of decades, those are the pictures you will be gla…
The satisfaction comes from working next to 500 photographers and coming away with something different. - David Burnett
The satisfaction comes from working next to 500 photographers and coming away with something different.
The loss of letters in today's world is one of the great losses we are experiencing, though we shan't know the full extent of it for another twenty o… - David Burnett
The loss of letters in today's world is one of the great losses we are experiencing, though we shan't know the full extent of it for another twenty o…
War isn't a TV show with plot twists to keep the viewers interested. The proliferation of images and blanket media coverage have suffocated the life … - David Burnett
War isn't a TV show with plot twists to keep the viewers interested. The proliferation of images and blanket media coverage have suffocated the life …
I love New York, but am happy to be away from it. I really like small towns, with welcoming barbecue restaurants. - David Burnett
I love New York, but am happy to be away from it. I really like small towns, with welcoming barbecue restaurants.
The greatest photographs are motivated by human feeling. - David Burnett
The greatest photographs are motivated by human feeling.
When you've lived through the golden age of photojournalism, there's no point in being nostalgic. - David Burnett
When you've lived through the golden age of photojournalism, there's no point in being nostalgic.
I hate being away, but I understand that for me, that's where the work, the stories are. - David Burnett
I hate being away, but I understand that for me, that's where the work, the stories are.
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