Photographer Quotes

I wanted pretty pictures of older women - women who are trying too hard but succeeding - pulling off an extreme look. What I didn't know would creep into the portraits was a vulnerability behind the strong facade that most of them wear.
It is not like adding wrinkles to look older; it is using the wrinkles I already have to say something else. What is disturbing is not seeing more lines on my face but seeing that the range of possibilities of what I can do is much more limited.
People assume that a self-portrait is narcissistic and you're trying to reveal something about yourself: fantasies or autobiographical information. In fact, none of my work is about me or my private life.
Quite often, I will do something and think, 'Oh, no, she looks a little too much like me.' I have tried to learn not to be afraid of that when that happens. I am not trying to obliterate myself and completely hide within the images like I used to.
The more horrific works came out of a feeling that everyone accepted my stuff too easily. I was deliberately trying to be antagonistic towards collectors and critics.
I don't really like the world 'muse.'
I prepare for a shoot by saturating my brain with images that have different moods or expressions.
My inspiration can come from anything - films, the street, paparazzi pictures.
A lot of great creativity comes from restrictions.
Alfred Hitchcock had to find ways to create tension without showing it, but now with computer-generated effects you can show anything.
Everyone in a band has a big ego - they love having pictures taken.
For me, documentary photography has always come with great responsibility. Not just to tell the story honestly and with empathy, but also to make sure the right people hear it. When you photograph somebody who is in pain or discomfort, they trust you to make sure the images will act as their advocate.
For most Olympic athletes, their training is their hardest challenge and where they push themselves to the limit. For Paralympians, training and competition is an escape from the hardships and struggles of their everyday life. That is the difference.
For those looking at me, meeting me for the first time, it is the body they see. I am labelled as disabled.
I don't see many people as heroes and, though I love sport, I believe athletes rarely deserve that praise.
I really love the Olympics: Daley Thompson's back-flip, Derek Redmond's father helping him finish the 400m after his hamstring snapped at the 1992 Games in Barcelona, Carl Lewis, Michael Johnson, Sir Steve Redgrave - childhood memories are flooded with these moments and idols.
I was obsessed from the moment I took my first photograph. I wanted to make photography my career.
I'm not a war photographer. I've always dealt with the consequences of conflict.
If you focus on the things you can't do, you'll destroy yourself. Just remember everything you can do.
It is funny how it is almost more painful to fall over and scrape your knee than to be blown up. Your body goes into incredible protection mode.
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