“Never have I found the limits of the photographic potential. Every horizon, upon being reached, reveals another beckoning in the distance. Always, I am on the threshold.”
W. Eugene Smith
“Within every man and woman a secret is hidden, and as a photographer it is my task to reveal it if I can.”
Yousuf Karsh
“While photographs may not lie, liars may photograph.”
Lewis Hine
“A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed.”
Ansel Adams
“I try to photograph people's spirits and thoughts. As to the soul-taking by the photographer, I don't feel I take away, but rather that the sitter and I give to each other. It becomes an act of mutual participation.”
“We instituted a new system of runway passes and limited the number of photographers. There was a problem last season; we listened; we paid attention.”
Fern Mallis
“The painter constructs, the photographer discloses.”
Susan Sontag
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