Just a few photography quotes from revisiting Anne-Celine Jaeger's 'Image Makers, Image Takers'
"Sometimes i'll leave the house with a fully loaded camera and end up with nothing. It's just about being there. Anywhere. Even the most uninteresting ugly or boring places can for an instant become magical to me" - WILLIAM EGGLESTON
"In a sense my main manifesto is documenting the newfound wealth of the West, because to me, it's the biggest subject - bigger than or just as big as war and fame" - MARTIN PARR
"I'm uncomfortable taking pictures, especially if people are grieving, or hurt, or hungry. At such times i have to remind myself that I'm a photographer and that is my job" - EUGENE RICHARDS
"One main philosophy i have is that i want my photos to either be an extension of what you know already know about a subject, or for them to go in a totally different direction and create something new. Only then do you actually contribute something" - ANTON CORBIJN
"At first, I trembled every time i took a picture. My confidence grew, but it took a long time. I still get nervous today. When i shoot for assignments I'm notorious amongst my assistants for sweating" - ALEC SOTH
On finding subjects
"With people, it's usually an instantaneous thing. It might be the colour of someone's shirt, Like with Rebecca, the girl holding the baby in Niagra. Often it is a colour response. Also with that particular picture, the girl's face just had a quality that i responded to" - ALEC SOTH
"I rely on my instinct. If i like something on impulse, I'll grab it. It's an emotional reaction, at times linked to burning curiosity" - GERHARD STEIDL (publisher)
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