The goal is not to make something factually impeccable, but seamlessly persuasive.

Most of Tina Modotti's work that is known to the photography world was done in Mexico in the years 1923 through 1926, when she lived and worked with Edward Weston.

Whatever else a photograph may be about, it is inevitably about photography, the container and vehicle of all its meanings.

Trained as a musician, [photographer Ansel] Adams understood the richness of variation that could be unfolded from a simple theme.

The world now contains more photographs than bricks, and they are, astonishingly, all different.

A skillful photographer can photograph anything well.

To quote out of context is the essence of the photographer's craft.