Actually, I'm not all that interested in the subject of photography. Once the picture is in the box, I'm not all that interested in what happens next. Hunters, after all, aren't cooks.

Quote by Henri Cartier-Bresson

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To take photographs means to recognize - simultaneously and within a fraction of a second...

$To take photographs means to recognize - simultaneously and within a fraction of a second...$

The most difficult thing for me is a portrait. You have to try and put...

The most difficult thing for me is a portrait. You have to try and put...

Memory is very important, the memory of each photo taken, flowing at the same speed...

Memory is very important, the memory of each photo taken, flowing at the same speed...

Actually, I'm not all that interested in the subject of photography. Once the picture is...

Actually, I'm not all that interested in the subject of photography. Once the picture is...

Above all, I craved to seize the whole essence, in the confines of one single...

Above all, I craved to seize the whole essence, in the confines of one single...

Photography is an immediate reaction, drawing is a meditation.

Photography is an immediate reaction, drawing is a meditation.

During the work, you have to be sure that you haven't left any holes, that...

During the work, you have to be sure that you haven't left any holes, that...

Photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing and when they have vanished there is...

Photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing and when they have vanished there is...

Think about the photo before and after, never during. The secret is to take your...

Think about the photo before and after, never during. The secret is to take your...

To photograph is to hold one's breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality....

To photograph is to hold one's breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality....

Above all, I craved to seize the whole essence, in the confines of one single...

Above all, I craved to seize the whole essence, in the confines of one single...

To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the...

$To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the...$

The creative act lasts but a brief moment, a lightning instant of give-and-take, just long...

The creative act lasts but a brief moment, a lightning instant of give-and-take, just long...

The photograph itself doesn't interest me. I want only to capture a minute part of...

The photograph itself doesn't interest me. I want only to capture a minute part of...

In photography, the smallest thing can be a great subject. The little, human detail can...

In photography, the smallest thing can be a great subject. The little, human detail can...

We photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing, and when they have vanished there...

We photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing, and when they have vanished there...

During the work, you have to be sure that you haven't left any holes, that...

During the work, you have to be sure that you haven't left any holes, that...

The first time I read an excellent work, it is to me just as if...

The first time I read an excellent work, it is to me just as if...

He (the businessman) is the only man who is forever apologizing for his occupation

He (the businessman) is the only man who is forever apologizing for his occupation

If you work in a hospital, you cant easily fake call in sick to work....

If you work in a hospital, you cant easily fake call in sick to work....