Boris Mikhailov
[Photographer, b. 1938, Kharkov, Ukraine, lives in Kharkov and Berlin.]
As a photographer with unofficial authority I discover, I observe, I clandestinely stalk.
Walker Evans
[Photographer, b. 1903, St. Louis, Missouri, d. 1975, New Haven, Connecticut.]
The secret of photography is, the camera takes on the character and personality of the handler.
Lise Sarfati
[Photographer, b. 1958, Oran, Algeria, lives in Paris.]
What I do is put mirrors in the right place to reflect an image.
Raymond Depardon
[Photographer and filmmaker, b. 1942, Villefranche-sur-Saône, France, lives in Paris.]
The photographer is filled with doubt. Nothing will soothe him.
Robert Doisneau
[Photographer, b. 1912, Gentilly, Val-de-Marne, France, d. 1994, Montrouge, France.]
For a photographer, the first 70 years are a bit difficult, but after that things get better.
Marc Riboud
[Photographer, b. 1923, St.-Genis-Laval, France, d. 2016, Paris.]
Choice or freedom of choice is just an existential concern. But for photographers, it’s a lifetime’s preoccupation.
Gregory Crewdson
[Photographer, b. 1962, Brooklyn, New York, lives in New Haven Connecticut.]
All pictures are autobiographical, yet they’re telling us everything and nothing about the photographer.
Annie Leibovitz
[Photographer, b. 1949, Westbury, Connecticut, lives in New York.]
One doesn’t stop seeing. One doesn’t stop framing. It doesn’t turn off and turn on. It’s on all the time.
