And I think that after nearly 85 years upon this planet that I have a right after working so hard at showing the desolation and the poverty, to show something beautiful for somebody as well.

Next quotes

• Dorothea Lange:

  It is not enough to photograph the obviously picturesque.

• Linda McCartney:

  I don't need a lot of money. Simplicity is the answer for me.

• Platon:

  I never think about a shoot before I do it. Because there's no formula for people. What I try to do

• David Bailey:

  It takes a lot of imagination to be a good photographer. You need less imagination to be a painter

• Peter Lindbergh:

  The photographer, even in fashion and portraiture, has to have a standpoint. It's important to know

• Bill Cunningham:

  The problem is I'm not a good photographer. To be perfectly honest, I'm too shy. Not aggressive eno

• Ruth Bernhard:

  I never question what to do, it tells me what to do. The photographs make themselves with my help.

• Alfred Stieglitz:

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

• Mary Ellen Mark:

  I just think it's important to be direct and honest with people about why you're photographing them

• Robert Mapplethorpe:

  I am obsessed with beauty. I want everything to be perfect, and of course it isn't. And that's a to