Documentary Photography Quotes
"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." - Giles Duley
"I've been a documentary photographer for much longer than I have been a filmmaker." - Lauren Greenfield
"The reason I call myself a documentary photographer is the idea of how photographs contain and participate in history." - Catherine Opie
"I'm a documentary photographer. That's what I've always wanted to be; that's where my heart and soul is." - Mary Ellen Mark
"Photography has always been about documentary, the depiction of the instant, a moment, sometimes a place. Each project is somehow an experimentation of a specific context or a character." - Hedi Slimane
"We're telling a story. And the demands of that are different from the demands of a documentary. The audience must believe in order to keep faith in the story." - Bradley Whitford
"Doing a documentary is about discovering, being open, learning, and following curiosity." - Spike Jonze
"In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director." - Alfred Hitchcock
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