The only thing we photographers really want more than life, more than sex, more than anything, is to be invisible.
Philip Jones GriffithsWhen Bill Gates started Corbis we were told that he needed images to fill those digital picture frames in his home, and many found this plausible. But now it's pretty clear that he's set out to control the visual history of the twentieth century.
Philip Jones Griffiths... we are there with our cameras to record reality. Once we start modifying that which exists, we are robbing photography of its most valuable attribute.
Philip Jones GriffithsWhat we get to think and know about the world is in the hands of a very few... A truly informed public is antithetical to the interests of modern consumer capital.
Philip Jones GriffithsEven if not a single picture is never published, they exist. And that means that we are recording the history of the human race. If that's all your doing, it still a very very worth while profession to be involved in.
Philip Jones GriffithsLet's assume that all the cassettes of monochrome film Cartier-Bresson ever exposed had somehow been surreptitiously loaded with colour film. I'd venture to say that about two thirds of his pictures would be ruined and the remainder unaffected, neither spoiled nor improved. And perhaps one in a thousand enhanced.
Philip Jones GriffithsI attempt to channel my anger into the tip of my forefinger as I press the shutter.
Philip Jones GriffithsThe ability to keep things in perspective is very important for a journalist. In a tense situation you need the ability to be there, yet somehow step aside; to keep a cool head and keep working without getting frustrated.
Philip Jones Griffiths[Photojournalism] really is the only branch of photography that's a credit to our profession. We see, we understand; we see more, we understand more.
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