Photography Is Only Intuition, A Perpetual Interrogation

Photography Is A Way Of Shouting, Of Freeing Oneself, Not Of Proving Or Asserting One's Own Originality. It's A Way Of Life.

Your First 10,000 Photographs Are Your Worst.

A Photographer Is Part Pick-pocket And Part Tightrope Dancer.

The Most Difficult Thing For Me Is A Portrait. You Have To Try And Put Your Camera Between The Skin Of A Person And His Shirt.

The Intensive Use Of Photographs By Mass Media Lays Ever Fresh Responsibilities Upon The Photographer. We Have To Acknowledge The Existence Of A Chasm Between The Economic Needs Of Our Consumer Society And The Requirements Of Those Who Bear Witness To This Epoch. This Affects Us All, Particularly The Younger Generations Of Photographers. We Must Take Greater Care Than Ever Not To Allow Ourselves To Be Separated From The Real World And From Humanity.