Gueorgui Pinkhassov
[Photographer, b. 1952, Moscow, lives in Paris.]
Don’t be afraid to take bad pictures, because good pictures are the mistakes of bad pictures.
Ruth Bernhard
[Photographer, b. 1905, Berlin, d. 2006, San Francisco.]
Fall in love. Every day. With everything. With life. If you can fall in love, you can be a photographer. I think that is absolutely essential.
Walker Evans
[Photographer, b. 1903, St. Louis, Missouri, d. 1975, New Haven, Connecticut.]
Stare. It is the way to educate your eye, and more. Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long.
Alfred Stieglitz
[Photographer and curator, b. 1864, Hoboken, New Jersey, d. 1946, New York.]
Don’t be afraid. Just go ahead—photograph, photograph, photograph. That’s the only way you’ll learn.
Jacques Derrida
[Philosopher and writer, b. 1930, El Biar, Algeria (then French Algeria), d. 2004, Paris.]
I absolutely forbade all public photographs of myself. I like photography, I don’t have anything against it, but...
Frank Horvat
[Photographer, b. 1928, Abbazia, Italy, now Opatija, Croatia, lives in Paris.]
Photography is the art of not pushing the button.
Duane Michals
[Photographer, b. 1932, McKeesport, Pennsylvania, lives in New York.]
Trust that little voice in your head that says “Wouldn’t it be interesting if...” And then do it.
Marc Riboud
[Photographer, b. 1923, St.-Genis-Laval, France, d. 2016, Paris.]
The eye is made to see and not to think.... A good photograph is a surprise. How could we plan and foresee a surprise? We just have to be ready.
