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 ArnoldIf you are careful with people, they will offer you part of themselves. That is the big secret.
Eve ArnoldI don't see anybody as either ordinary or extraordinary. I see them simply as people in front of my lens.
Eve ArnoldBeing a woman is just a marvelous plus in photographing. Men like to be photographed by women, it becomes flirtatious and fun, and women feel less as if they're expected to be in a relationship.
Eve ArnoldI found a way of working which pleased me because I didn’t have to frighten people with heavy equipment. It was that little black box and me.
Eve Arnold