Rene Burri Quotes

One of these days, I'm going to publish a book of all the pictures I did not take.

A photograph is a moment when you press the button. It will never come back.

On digital photography: It's fantastic, but it's not a freebie for anything. You still have to have this (he points to his eyes), and this (points to his heart), and feet.

What counts is putting the intensity that you yourself have experienced into the picture. Otherwise it is just a document.

A digital camera has to be kept in check like a racehorse.

To some extent, the cult surrounding black-and-white photography is based on nostalgia.

I never thought I would become a photographer.