I 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 ArnoldA studio session ... provides the greatest chance for control. Even though there is total freedom, I still dislike studio photography and the contrived images that usually stem from this genre.
Eve ArnoldI have been poor and I wanted to document poverty; I had lost a child and I was obsessed with birth; I was interested in politics and I wanted to know how it affected our lives; I am a woman and I wanted to know about women.
Eve ArnoldI don't see anybody as either ordinary or extraordinary. I see them simply as people in front of my lens.
Eve Arnold