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Eve Arnold Quotes

I came to photography by accident Picture Quote #1

What you need to be a good photographer is an overwhelming curiosity and a good digestion. Sometimes you feel blessed with curiosity, sometimes you feel cursed with it Picture Quote #1

I don’t see anybody as either ordinary or extraordinary. I see them simply as people in front of my lens Picture Quote #1

What has changed is that when I photographed, most people that I photographed didn’t have the right of refusal on their work. It would take a Marilyn Monroe at her height to be able to dictate that Picture Quote #1

Recording sessions were stimulating to photograph, because everything was in motion: the subject, the musicians, the technicians and the photographer. You needed fast reflexes to keep up with moving targets, and sensitivity and skill to get the pictures while keeping out of the performers’ eyeline so as not to break their concentration Picture Quote #1

I realise that I had the best of serious picture journalism. There was an innocence in our approach, especially in the 1950s and 1960s when we naively believed that by holding a mirror up to the world we could help - no matter how little - to make people aware of the human condition Picture Quote #1

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What drove me and kept me going over the decades? If I had to use a single word, it would be ‘curiosity Picture Quote #1

It is the photographer, not the camera, that is the instrument Picture Quote #1

Themes recur again and again in my work Picture Quote #1

If you are careful with people, they will offer you part of themselves. That is the big secret Picture Quote #1

You should never reveal your true age Picture Quote #1

What do you hang on the walls of your mind? Picture Quote #1

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Lesson number one: Pay attention to the intrusion of the camera Picture Quote #1

I had in mind a long career Picture Quote #1

I can’t hold a camera anymore Picture Quote #1

The instrument is not the camera but the photographer Picture Quote #1

I realize that I had the best of serious picture journalism Picture Quote #1

I don’t see anybody as either ordinary or extraordinary. I see them simply as people in front of my lens Picture Quote #1

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What I have tried to do is involve the people I was photographing... if they were willing to give, I was willing to photograph Picture Quote #1

I look for a sense of reality with everything I did. I didn’t work in a studio, I didn’t light anything. I found a way of working which pleased me because I didn’t have to frighten people with heavy equipment. It was that little black box and me and £5 worth of film in my pocket or maybe it was only £2 in those days Picture Quote #1

I love the idea I can go off with a single camera and a few rolls of film unencumbered... I was not interested in the illusion of reality, I wanted to get close to what was happening Picture Quote #1

It’s the hardest thing in the world to take the mundane and try to show how special it is Picture Quote #1

I found a way of working which pleased me because I didn’t have to frighten people with heavy equipment. It was that little black box and me Picture Quote #1

A studio session... provides the greatest chance for control. Even though there is total freedom, I still dislike studio photography and the contrived images that usually stem from this genre Picture Quote #1

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You can’t make a great musician or a great photographer if the magic isn’t there Picture Quote #1

If a photographer cares about the people before the lens and is compassionate, much is given. It is the photographer, not the camera, that is the instrument Picture Quote #1

If the photographer is interested in the people in front of his lens, and if he is compassionate, it’s already a lot. The instrument is not the camera but the photographer Picture Quote #1

I have been poor and I wanted to document poverty; I had lost a child and I was obsessed with birth; I was interested in politics and I wanted to know how it affected our lives; I am a woman and I wanted to know about women Picture Quote #1

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I came to photography by accident (Eve Arnold Quotes) What you need to be a good photographer is an overwhelming curiosity and a good digestion. Sometimes you feel blessed with curiosity, sometimes you feel cursed with it. (Eve Arnold Quotes) I don’t see anybody as either ordinary or extraordinary. I see them simply as people in front of my lens. (Eve Arnold Quotes) What has changed is that when I photographed, most people that I photographed didn’t have the right of refusal on their work. It would take a Marilyn Monroe at her height to be able to dictate that (Eve Arnold Quotes) Recording sessions were stimulating to photograph, because everything was in motion: the subject, the musicians, the technicians and the photographer. You needed fast reflexes to keep up with moving targets, and sensitivity and skill to get the pictures while keeping out of the performers’ eyeline so as not to break their concentration (Eve Arnold Quotes) I realise that I had the best of serious picture journalism. There was an innocence in our approach, especially in the 1950s and 1960s when we naively believed that by holding a mirror up to the world we could help - no matter how little - to make people aware of the human condition (Eve Arnold Quotes) What drove me and kept me going over the decades? If I had to use a single word, it would be ‘curiosity (Eve Arnold Quotes) It is the photographer, not the camera, that is the instrument (Eve Arnold Quotes) Themes recur again and again in my work (Eve Arnold Quotes) If you are careful with people, they will offer you part of themselves. That is the big secret (Eve Arnold Quotes) You should never reveal your true age (Eve Arnold Quotes) What do you hang on the walls of your mind? (Eve Arnold Quotes) Lesson number one: Pay attention to the intrusion of the camera (Eve Arnold Quotes) I had in mind a long career (Eve Arnold Quotes) I can’t hold a camera anymore (Eve Arnold Quotes) The instrument is not the camera but the photographer (Eve Arnold Quotes) I realize that I had the best of serious picture journalism (Eve Arnold Quotes) I don’t see anybody as either ordinary or extraordinary. I see them simply as people in front of my lens (Eve Arnold Quotes) What I have tried to do is involve the people I was photographing... if they were willing to give, I was willing to photograph (Eve Arnold Quotes) I look for a sense of reality with everything I did. I didn’t work in a studio, I didn’t light anything. I found a way of working which pleased me because I didn’t have to frighten people with heavy equipment. It was that little black box and me and £5 worth of film in my pocket or maybe it was only £2 in those days (Eve Arnold Quotes) I love the idea I can go off with a single camera and a few rolls of film unencumbered... I was not interested in the illusion of reality, I wanted to get close to what was happening (Eve Arnold Quotes) It’s the hardest thing in the world to take the mundane and try to show how special it is (Eve Arnold Quotes) I found a way of working which pleased me because I didn’t have to frighten people with heavy equipment. It was that little black box and me (Eve Arnold Quotes) A studio session... provides the greatest chance for control. Even though there is total freedom, I still dislike studio photography and the contrived images that usually stem from this genre (Eve Arnold Quotes) You can’t make a great musician or a great photographer if the magic isn’t there (Eve Arnold Quotes) If a photographer cares about the people before the lens and is compassionate, much is given. It is the photographer, not the camera, that is the instrument (Eve Arnold Quotes) If the photographer is interested in the people in front of his lens, and if he is compassionate, it’s already a lot. The instrument is not the camera but the photographer (Eve Arnold Quotes) I have been poor and I wanted to document poverty; I had lost a child and I was obsessed with birth; I was interested in politics and I wanted to know how it affected our lives; I am a woman and I wanted to know about women (Eve Arnold Quotes)