Alec Soth
[Photographer, b. 1969, Minneapolis, Minnesota, lives in Saint Paul, Minnesota.]
There’s a kind of beautiful loneliness in voyeurism. And that’s why I’m a photographer.
Ernst Haas
[Photographer, b. 1921, Vienna, Austria, d. 1986, New York City.]
All I wanted was to connect my moods with those of Paris. Beauty pains and when it pained most, I shot.
Anders Petersen
[Photographer, b. 1944, Solna, Sweden, lives in Stockholm.]
That 15th of a second. Once you’ve been there,
you keep on wanting to get back.
Man Ray (Emanuel Radnitsky)
[Artist, b. 1890, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, d. 1976, Paris.]
Of course, there will always be those who look only at technique, who ask “how,” while others of a more curious nature will ask “why.” Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
Ansel Adams
[Photographer, b. 1902, San Francisco, d. 1984, Carmel, California.]
You bring to photography all the pictures you have seen, the books you have read, the music you have heard, the people you have loved.
Martin Parr
[Photographer, b. 1952, Epson, Surrey, England, lives in Bristol and London, England.]
When a mother takes pictures of her children on the beach, she doesn’t take herself for an artist; she does it for love, which is an excellent reason, from my point of view.
Doug Aitken
[Artist, b. 1968, Redondo Beach, California, lives in Los Angeles.]
I am fascinated by the indecisive moment and the peripheral view.
Walter Benjamin
[Philosopher, critic, and theorist, b. 1892, Berlin, d. 1940, Port Bou, France.]
No poem is intended for the reader, no picture for the beholder, no symphony for the listener.
