Look, I'm not an intellectual - I just take pictures.

Look, I'm not an intellectual - I just take pictures.

Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.

Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.

To manipulate an image is to control a people

To manipulate an image is to control a people

If photography were difficult in the true sense . . . that the creation of a simple photograph would entail read more

If photography were difficult in the true sense . . . that the creation of a simple photograph would entail as much time and effort as the production of a good watercolor or etching -- there would be a vast improvement in total output.

Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.

Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.

The virtue of the camera is not the power it has to transform the photographer into an artist, but the read more

The virtue of the camera is not the power it has to transform the photographer into an artist, but the impulse it gives him to keep on looking.

The Equipment you'll leave at home, you'll need the most. You're always out of film when you'll have the best read more

The Equipment you'll leave at home, you'll need the most. You're always out of film when you'll have the best opportunity.

Photography is truth. And cinema is truth twenty-four times a second.

Photography is truth. And cinema is truth twenty-four times a second.

To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it read more

To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.