• “You can be right next to something and still not see it. Or you can be across the street and connect. I think this is also what Capa meant: Don’t just be there, feel it. Dive in.”

    – Matt Black –

  • “Actually, I’m not all that interested in the subject of photography. Once the picture is in the box, I’m not al that interested in what happens next. Hunters, after all, aren’t cooks.”

    – Henri Cartier-Bresson –

  • “You’re talking about meaning. I want to talk about the picture.”

    – Garry Winogrand –

  • “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.”

    – Elliott Erwitt –

  • “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 –

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