8 More Photography Quotes That Inspire Me
Photography has nothing to do with cameras. Lucas Gentry Love this one from Gentry. Yes, just forget about your cameras and bits of equipment. Just
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This quote reminds me of a New York taxi driver who made a photography book called Drive-by Shootings.
Gilles Peress
A simple quote from Gilles Peress who has covered The Troubles in Northern Ireland for years. “Whatever you say, say nothing” is his book on The North.
Michael Kenna
This is brilliant from Kenna, he sees colour photography as a direct copy of life where as black and white is a more surreal and abstract way of looking at things.
Henri Cartier-Bresson
I like this quote form Robert Frank and what I think it means is that you should observe a seen and watch and listen to what people are saying and doing before you start taking pictures.
Henri Cartier-Bresson
What he means here is that Bresson was only interested in the process of taking pictures and not so much into the technical part of photography. I also believe that Bresson didn’t do his own printing.
Anon
I remember seeing a book by Don McCullin called the Destructive Business and I got hooked straight away. It was a bit like heroin for the eye, just couldn’t get enough of it.
Elliott Erwitt
What I believe this quote from Erwitt means, is constantly retrace your steps find and different things that you didn’t find the first time. Constantly go back to the place you photograph before.
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Bresson was obsessed about detail so much so that he forgot about the what he was taking to look for the smallest of details in people and things.
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Photography has nothing to do with cameras. Lucas Gentry Love this one from Gentry. Yes, just forget about your cameras and bits of equipment. Just
London , U.K. | 1991
In May 1991, Tottenham lifted the FA Cup after beating Nottingham Forest 2–1 at Wembley. The streets of Tottenham came alive with joy and pride. I was there with my camera, capturing the black-and-white energy of the fans spilling out to celebrate a legendary win. These photos hold the spirit of that day — raw, proud, unforgettable.
Dublin, Ireland | 2025
Inspired by the colour, energy, and DIY spirit of punk, Barry left the grey Dublin of the early 1980s to travel the world, where he fell in love with documentary photography in New York. Twenty years ago, he turned his lens back to inner-city Dublin, a project that became Stars and Souls of the Liffey — exhibited at the GPO in 2019 and later published as a sold-out Hi Tone book. In 2016, he returned to America to document life around the presidential election, producing his second Hi Tone book, Americans Anonymous, with poems by John O’Donnell. In 2022, his photograph Forty Footer was shortlisted for the Zurich Portrait Prize at the National Gallery. The following summer, he released Forty Footers, a book marking 20 years of swimming and photographing at the iconic Forty Foot. For Barry’s book Americans Anonymous, please follow this link. https://hitonebooks.ie/#/americans-anonymous/
Dublin, Ireland | 1993
In 1993, the first salmon of the season — the traditional opener for Dublin’s angling year — was caught on a stunning spring day by a member of the Island bridge Fishing Club. As the sun lit up the River Liffey, anglers gathered in quiet excitement, watching the water for signs of life. Landing that first fish wasn’t just a personal triumph — it marked the official start of the season, a moment steeped in tradition and hope for the months ahead.
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