Philip Jones Griffiths
[Photojournalist, b. 1936, Rhuddian, Wales, d. 2008, London.]
Real photography is a wonderfully inclusive, democratic medium, whereas “art photography” is more often a private pursuit by conmen.
Luigi Ghirri
[Photographer, b. 1943, Scandiano, Italy, d. 1992, Reggio Emilia, Italy.]
I have always felt that photography is a language for seeing and not for transforming, hiding, or modifying reality.
Frederick H. Evans
[Photographer and bookseller, b. 1853, London, d. 1943, London.]
Photography is photography; and in its purity and innocence is far too valuable and beautiful to be spoilt by making it imitate something else.
(1908)
Robert Rauschenberg
[Artist, b. 1925, Port Arthur, Texas, d. 2008, Captiva Island, Florida.]
Photography is the most direct communication in non-violent contacts.
Robert Frank
[Photographer and filmmaker, b. 1924, Zürich, Switzerland, lives in Mabou, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, and New York.]
I envy [my wife’s] freedom to sit down in front of a blank page with no machine to get in the way. That is freedom. Photography is not freedom.
Abbas (Abbas Attar)
[Photographer, b. 1944, Iran, d. 2018, Paris.]
There are two ways to think about photography: one is writing with light, and the other is drawing with light.
Martin Parr
[Photographer, b. 1952, Epson, Surrey, England, lives in Bristol and London, England.]
Photography is the simplest thing in the world, but it is incredibly complicated to make it really work.
Jerry Uelsmann
[Photographer, b. 1934, Detroit, Michigan, lives in Gainesville, Florida.]
Photography is just light remembering itself.
