Recording sessions were stimulating to photograph, because everything was in motion: the subject, the musicians, the technicians and the photographer. You needed fast reflexes to keep up with moving targets, and sensitivity and skill to get the pictures while keeping out of the performers' eyeline so as not to break their concentration.
Eve ArnoldI think if I ever get satisfied, I’ll have to stop. It’s the frustration that drives you.
Eve ArnoldIf a photographer cares about the people before the lens and is compassionate, much is given. It is the photographer, not the camera, that is the instrument.
Eve ArnoldIt's the hardest thing in the world to take the mundane and try to show how special it is.
Eve Arnold