WILLIAM ALBERT ALLARD

Photography is a way of introducing people to other people.

I think the 50mm lens is an extremely good discipline lens; it requires you to see in a more refined way, not just tighter.

You have to care. You can't do good work if you don't care. That's not necessarily a strength, but it gives you strength.

In my photography, color and composition are inseparable. I see in color.

If a subject has a delicate surface to it, you do not want to go charging in there. You need to establish some kind of presence and understanding. I will say, Try to forget I'm here. I won't ask you to pose, I won't ask you to do anything. It's important that I just be allowed to be around, to be present. Photographing people requires a willingness to be rejected. So, I think the best approach is to be honest and direct. Very often, I tell them, You don't know me. There's no reason why you should trust me... the only thing I can promise is that I'll try to do the most honest work I can.

All I need is my brains, my eyes and my personality, for better or for worse.

What's really important is to simplify. The work of most photographers would be improved immensely if they could do one thing: get rid of the extraneous. If you strive for simplicity, you are more likely to reach the viewer.

You've got to push yourself harder. You've got to start looking for pictures nobody else could take. You've got to take the tools you have and probe deeper.

Words and pictures can work together to communicate more powerfully than either alone.

I think the best pictures are often on the edges of any situation, I don't find photographing the situation nearly as interesting as photographing the edges.

I think the best pictures are often on the edges of any situation, I don't find photographing the situation nearly as interesting as photographing the edges.

What's really important is to simplify. The work of most photographers would be improved immensely if they could do one thing: get rid of the extraneous. If you strive for simplicity, you are more likely to reach the viewer.

What is right? Simply put, it is any assignment in which the photographer has a significant spiritual stake... spiritually driven work constitutes the core of a photographer's contribution to culture.

Words and pictures can work together to communicate more powerfully than either alone.

All I need is my brains, my eyes and my personality, for better or for worse.

You've got to push yourself harder. You've got to start looking for pictures nobody else could take. You've got to take the tools you have and probe deeper.

In my photography, color and composition are inseparable. I see in color.

If a subject has a delicate surface to it, you do not want to go charging in there. You need to establish some kind of presence and understanding. I will say, Try to forget I'm here. I won't ask you to pose, I won't ask you to do anything. It's important that I just be allowed to be around, to be present. Photographing people requires a willingness to be rejected. So, I think the best approach is to be honest and direct. Very often, I tell them, You don't know me. There's no reason why you should trust me... the only thing I can promise is that I'll try to do the most honest work I can.

Photography is a way of introducing people to other people.

I think the 50mm lens is an extremely good discipline lens; it requires you to see in a more refined way, not just tighter.

You have to care. You can't do good work if you don't care. That's not necessarily a strength, but it gives you strength.