#photographing

Born Berlin 1931, Germany, father a British diplomat, mother an American artist. Educated at various schools all over the world. 1958 Settled down to live in London. 1966 Became interested in photography through photographing my young children. No formal training. ↗

— Fay Godwin

#artist #became #berlin #born #british

Sometimes I enjoy just photographing the surface because I think it can be as revealing as going to the heart of the matter. ↗

— Annie Leibovitz

#enjoy #going #heart #i #i think

I'm not photographing anything naked these days. I haven't been concentrating on bodies recently. ↗

— Robert Mapplethorpe

#been #bodies #concentrating #days #haven

What I mean by photographing as a participant rather than observer is that I'm not only involved directly with some of the activities that I photograph, such as mountain climbing, but even when I'm not I have the philosophy that my mind and body are part of the natural world. ↗

— Galen Rowell

#body #climbing #directly #even #i

I think the best pictures are often on the edges of any situation, I don't find photographing the situation nearly as interesting as photographing the edges. ↗

— William Albert Allard

#best #edges #find #i #i think

I don't see the point of photographing trees or rocks because they're there and anyone can photograph them if they're prepared to hang around and wait for the light. ↗

— David Bailey

#around #because #hang #i #light

I just think it's important to be direct and honest with people about why you're photographing them and what you're doing. After all, you are taking some of their soul. ↗

— Mary Ellen Mark

#after #direct #doing #honest #i

My career was 100% different from what I intended to do. I thought I'd photograph nature and landscapes but I wound up photographing the changing of the times. ↗

— Charles Moore

#changing #different #i #intended #landscapes

I've been working with the land for most of my life; walking it and photographing it. And I love it to bits. ↗

— Fay Godwin

#bits #i #i love #land #life