I'm very much against photographs being framed and treated with reverence and signed and sold as works of art. They aren't. They should be seen in a magazine or a book and then be used to wrap up the fish and chucked away.
Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of SnowdonI believe that photographs should be simple technically, and easy to look at. They shouldn't be directed at other photographers; their point is to make ordinary people react - to laugh, or to see something they hadn't taken in before, or to be touched. But not to wince, I think.
Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of SnowdonIf there is a good thing about photography, it is that it can be easily enjoyed.
Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of SnowdonI'm not a great one for chatting people up, because it's phony. I don't want people to feel at ease. You want a bit of edge. There are quite long, agonized silences. I love it. Something strange might happen. I mean, taking photographs is a very nasty thing to do. It's very cruel.
Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon