There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewerAnsel Adams

Which of my photographs is my favorite? The one I’m going to take tomorrow.Imogen Cunningham

When I photograph, what I’m really doing is seeking answers to things.Wynn Bullock

In photography there are no shadows that cannot be illuminatedAugust Sander

Great photography is about depth of feeling, not depth of field.Peter Adams

Most things in life are moments of pleasure and a lifetime of embarrassment; photography is a moment of embarrassment and a lifetime of pleasure.Tony Benn

The camera is an excuse to be someplace you otherwise don’t belong. It gives me both a point of connection and a point of separation.Susan Meiselas

If you want to be a better photographer, stand in front of more interesting stuff.Jim Richardson

I love the people I photograph. I mean, they’re my friends. I’ve never met most of them or I don’t know them at all, yet through my images I live with them.Bruce Gilden

In photography there is a reality so subtle that it becomes more real than reality.Alfred Stieglitz

If it makes you laugh, if it makes you cry, if it rips out your heart, that's a good picture.Eddie Adams

If a photographer cares about the people before the lens and is compassionate, much is given. It is the photographer, not the camera, that is the instrumentEve Arnold

To photograph is to hold one’s breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It’s at that precise moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joyHenri Cartier-Bresson