Quotes by Photographers

I try and photograph people as they are. I do not want to hide anything. I want to bring across a personality, a humanity. It is not a case of model A or model B against a white background. I am interested in the person. Juergen Teller

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For my 50th birthday, my cousin Helmut gave me the most profound, beautiful, and striking present. He made books out of my dad's slide photographs, which were stored and forgotten. Looking at those books made me cry. Juergen Teller

A few brands have asked me to design shorts for them. I'm not sure about that. I don't want to have them as a mass product, and suddenly everybody is walking around in them. Juergen Teller

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I like physical exercise. I cycle, run, and play tennis and football with my son. Juergen Teller

Son Run Physical Tennis Football Like Exercise Cycle Play

It was really inspiring to be in West London in the late 1980s and early 1990s, especially in Mark Lebon's Crunch Studios, where I met people like Ray Petri, Neneh Cherry, Judy Blame, Nick and Barry Kamen, Zoe Bedeaux, and Venetia Scott. Juergen Teller

I would be lost without my family. Juergen Teller

Family Lost Would Would-Be Without

I like Ryan McGinley's work. Juergen Teller

Work Like

When I came to London in 1986, I was amazed at how prudish everyone was. Juergen Teller

Everyone London How Amazed Came

I like the idea that things can exist in different formats - in a gallery, a fashion ad, in books. Juergen Teller

Fashion Books Idea Like Exist Different Formats Gallery Things Ad

Quite frankly, if I didn't enjoy the fashion industry, then I wouldn't continue to do it. Juergen Teller

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I like the luxurious, dressing-up aspect of fashion. Juergen Teller

Fashion Luxurious Like Aspect

It's important to be involved in different things for me. Juergen Teller

Me Important Involved Different Different Things Things

I've never really understood tattoos. I mean, it's your body - why would you wanna scar it? I don't mind other people's tattoos, but I just never got it. Juergen Teller

You People Mind Other Would Scar Never Got Understood Tattoos Just Wanna Mean Really Body Your Your Body Why

The gallery is generating work for the masses. Kim Weston

Work Generating Masses Gallery

The darkroom is just the means to an end. Kim Weston

Darkroom End Just Means

Being a shy person, I always felt strange outside with my camera. Kim Weston

Strange Outside Felt Always Camera Person Being Shy Shy Person

The great thing about this thing we call art is that it has no rules. Kim Weston

Art Great Rules About No Rules Great Thing Call Thing

No matter how fast I could do it with the digital camera I don't think I would get the same thing out of it. The passion I have for formulating an idea stands alone. It is the important essence of what I do. Kim Weston

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To me, that is the essence of me as a photographer. It is those ideas, working with them, formulating them and eventually putting them down on paper, photographing them and then going on to the next step. Kim Weston

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I don't know, the older I get, the more complicated I think I get, which is a hindrance. Kim Weston

Complicated Older Think More Know Hindrance Get Which

I don't need the money I generate from photography to support myself. Kim Weston

Myself Photography Money Generate Support Need

My surprises come usually once I start rolling and photographing. Kim Weston

Once Photographing Come Surprises Rolling Start