‘My job as a portrait photographer is to seduce, amuse and entertain.’
Helmut Newton (German-Australian photographer) – October 31, 1920 – January 23, 2004.
Category: Quotation
Born on this day – Robert Capa
‘If your pictures aren’t good enough, you aren’t close enough.’
Robert Capa (Hungarian war photographer and photojournalist) – October 22, 1913 – May 25, 1954.
Born on this day – Paul Strand
‘No matter what lens you use, no matter what speed the film, no matter how you develop it, no matter how you print it, you cannot say more than you can see.’
Paul Strand (American photographer and filmmaker) – October 16, 1890 – March 31, 1976.
Born on this day – Don McCullin
‘There’s nothing I don’t know about war. The stench of it. But I say that without any pride. War is a terrible thing. My hope is that you’ll get that through looking at one of my pictures.’
Don McCullin (British photojournalist) – October 9, 1935 (age 82).
Born on this day – Annie Leibovitz
‘I didn’t want to let women down. One of the stereotypes I see breaking is the idea of ageing and older women not being beautiful.’
Annie Leibovitz (American portrait photographer) – October 2, 1949 (age 68).
Born on this day – Terence Donovan
‘When I did my 900th interview about that Robert Palmer video Addicted to Love someone asked me where I got the idea from and I said, “I did something rather odd… I thought of it!” It seems to be a rather old fashioned thing to do.’
Terence Donovan (English photographer and music video director) – September 14, 1936 – November 22, 1996.
Born on this day – Nan Goldin
‘Yes, photography saved my life. Every time I go through something scary, traumatic, I survive by taking pictures.’
Nan Goldin (American photographer) – September 12, 1953 (age 64).
Born on this day – Brassaï
‘Chance is always there. We all use it. The difference is a poor photographer meets chance one out of a hundred times and a good photographer meets chance all the time.’
Brassaï (Hungarian/French photographer) – September 9, 1899 – July 8, 1984.
Born on this day – Bruce Davidson
‘I am a photographer in the way you might be a plumber. I like it that way.’
Bruce Davidson (American photographer) – September 5, 1933 (age 84).
Born on this day – Man Ray
‘Of course, there will always be those who look only at technique, who ask “how”, while others of a more curious nature will ask “why”. Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.’
Man Ray (American visual artist) – August 27, 1890 – November 18, 1976.
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