8 Inspiring Photography Quotes
Today, I am going to shoot someone… and they will love me for it! Unknown This quote reminds me of a New York taxi driver
Lucas Gentry
Love this one from Gentry. Yes, just forget about your cameras and bits of equipment. Just produce.
Richard Avedon
I never see or saw photography as the truth. Yes, photographs record certain moments, and are accurate at that time. But things are always changing so a photograph taken “then” can never truly represent the “now”.
Patrick Demarchelier
What can I say here? Portraits can be hard work. Animals aren’t that easy either.
Ernst Hass
Yes, where we come from and what we believe are very important factors in what we take pictures of.
Martin Parr
I like this quote from Martin Parr and yes, photography looks easy at the beginning but the more you do the more you find how difficult it can be to get great photos.
Harry Gruyaert
I love Harry Gruyaert colour photography. This quote really resonates with me. I’m never at my happiest when I’ve just photographed in the street.
Conrad Hall
A very simple quote here and my take on this is vary your stories, your subjects and try to make things as interesting as you can.
Don McCullin
Simple enough here, don’t get caught up with cameras and technical talk of photography.
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Today, I am going to shoot someone… and they will love me for it! Unknown This quote reminds me of a New York taxi driver
Paris, France | 1992
In 1991, I often wandered around Beaubourg — the Centre Pompidou and the square that surrounded it. It was one of those rare places in Paris where everyone seemed to belong: street performers, sketch artists, jugglers, breakdancers, and the endless flow of people who stopped to watch. I would spend hours photographing the faces in the crowd — the laughter, curiosity, and fleeting moments between performer and spectator. It was a living theatre, open to all, and I loved its energy. Now, as Beaubourg prepares to close for five years of renovation, I think back to those afternoons with my camera and remember a Paris that felt both raw and spontaneous — a city performing for itself.
Valence, France - 2025
Frédéric Caron is a French photographer whose work explores the limits of both human endurance and photographic technique. Trained in traditional film photography since 1986, he built his career capturing the intensity of extreme environments—from mountain climbing and aerial sports to operational work with firefighters. Today, his latest challenge is photographing the fleeting landscapes seen from a moving train between Valence and Avignon, a daily exercise in precision and patience that reflects his belief that photography exists for its own sake — an art of persistence, observation, and wonder. Link to Fred’s work https://www.instagram.com/fredcaronphotographe/?hl=en
Paris, France | 1991
In 1991, I spent weekends wandering through Les Puces de Clignancourt, Paris’s vast flea market on the northern edge of the city. It was a maze of narrow alleys, brimming with old clothes, furniture, records, and faces full of stories. Vendors called out to passersby, bargaining and joking in a mix of French, Arabic, and African dialects. I was drawn to the rhythm of the place—the layers of life, history, and survival all playing out in one sprawling market. My camera followed the movement, the gestures, the laughter, and the quiet exchanges that defined a working Paris few tourists ever saw.