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It's nice to know about something as soon as it happens, and obviously a newspaper can't provide that.
With considerable soul searching, that to the utmost of my ability, I have let truth be the prejudice.
No one is an environmentalist by birth. It is only your path, your life, your travels that awaken you.
I've been privileged to be able to be a part of some of my girlfriends' lives at their breaking points.
The trouble with flowers is that invariably, when I'm ready to photograph them, they are not in season.
I don't want to interview people for the purpose of developing a world view and pushing that on people.
Photography is the very conscience of painting. It constantly reminds the later of what it must not do.
I think of the U.S. Marines like we used to think of the Foreign Legion; as big mouths with big hearts.
I never cared for fashion much, amusing little seams and witty little pleats: it was the girls I liked.
Being trendy is dangerous. I've never been trendy, which is why I've never really fallen out of favour.
The satisfaction comes from working next to 500 photographers and coming away with something different.
After I left the Marines in '46, I wanted to stay in the Marines; I was very happy - I loved that life.
Everything is so superb and breathtaking. I am creeping forward on my belly like they do in war movies.
Sometimes you have to go through a total loss of inspiration to find what really inspires you the most.
I wish my artwork could persuade millions of people to join a global conversation about sustainability.
I find myself every so often looking at my ground glass as though the unrecorded image might escape me!
All I wanted was to connect my moods with those of Paris. Beauty pains and when it pained most, I shot.
There is no formula. There are only confirmations to formulas which one has already discovered oneself.
I have always loved reading, so was interested in the literary world, and took many literary portraits.
Think in terms of images and words. They can be mighty powerful when they are fitted together properly.
The camera could be a very powerful instrument against discrimination, against poverty, against racism.
People aren't hiring just a picture, they're hiring someone they can work with. That plays a big role .
One has to tiptoe lightly and steal up to one's quarry; you don't swish the water when you are fishing.
I was invited to photograph Hollywood. They asked me what I would like to photograph. I said, Ugly men.
I just believe in working. I'm not one of those romantic explainers of my own individual point of view.
For me, the stars are the invisible people on the street that people don't really get a chance to know.
It's important to realize that the images are everywhere, not just where you want or expect them to be.
Always wait for the trigger. The trigger is the final part of the puzzle, the reason you want to shoot.
I'm not a politically radical person. In fact, I'm much more interested in being radical aesthetically.
Much earnest philosphical thought is born of the life which springs from close association with nature.
One advances by standing on the shoulders of giants, but the ultimate goal is to find one's own vision.
No matter how slow the film, Spirit always stands still long enough for the photographer It has chosen.
Objectivity is of the very essence of photography, its contribution and at the same time its limitation
Heartless retouching should not be the chosen tool to represent women in the beginning of this century.
I wanted to make a body of work that looked at what it felt like to be a boy going through adolescence.
I think photography was inside me. Once I found it, it became stronger than me and I took refuge in it.
Any artist picks and chooses what they want to paint or write about or say. Photographers are the same.
What is truth? Truth is what causes you to breathe again when lies have told you, you are already dead.
The portrait is the subject matter in photography where the problems of the media are the most visible.
For me, photography is as much about the way I respond to the subject as it is about the subject itself.
There must be a reason why photographers are not very good at verbal communication. I think we get lazy.
Irving Penn said he didn't want to photograph anyone under 60, and I think there is some truth about it.
Inspiration is for amateurs. professionals work everyday. Personally the best inspiration is a deadline.
I wanted to create something that people could relate to without having read a book about it beforehand.
If you see the world as beautiful, thrilling and mysterious, as I think I do, then you feel quite alive.
I'm not really looking for theater work. But if somebody approaches me with enthusiasm, I might respond.
It's no good saying I wished I could go out more, because I can't. But I don't bother about it too much.
The editing of moving pictures is geared toward the single image. You'd have to edit things in new ways.
The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.
What drove me and kept me going over the decades? If I had to use a single word, it would be 'curiosity.