I agree that all good photographs are documents, but I also know that all documents are certainly not good photographs. Furthermore, a good photographer does not merely document, he probes the subject, he 'uncovers' it.

What the human eye observes casually and incuriously, the eye of the camera (the lens) notes with relentless fidelity.

Self-conscious artiness is fatal, but it certainly would not hurt to study composition in general. Having a basic understanding of composition would help construct a better organized image.

I'm not a nice girl. I'm a photographer.

The more you do, the more you realize there is to do, what a vast object the metropolis is, and how the work of photographing could go on forever.

You scientists are the worst photographers in the world and you need the best photographers in the world and I'm the one to do it.

I believe there is no more creative medium than photography to recreate the living world of our time. Photography gladly accepts the challenge because it is at home in its element: namely, realism - real life - the now.