Lynsey Addario Quotes

The camera gave me an incredible freedom. It gave me the ability to parade through the world and look at people and things very, very closely.

I saw that my camera gave me a sense of connection with others that I never had before. It allowed me to enter lives, satisfying a curiosity that was always there but that was never explored before.

Every time I make a film, I feel it gives me the chance to learn something new.

There's a lot of different things that make me want to take photos. A lot of it is, for a long time I've been obsessed with the thought of time travel with my camera.

In every photographer there is something of a stroller.

Photography is an adventure just as life is an adventure. If man wishes to express himself photographically, he must understand, surely to a certain extent, his relationship to life.

The photographer's art is a continuous discovery which requires patience and time.

I tend to think of the act of photographing, generally speaking, as an adventure. My favorite thing is to go where I’ve never been.

The camera’s not a camera, really. It’s an open door we need to walk through. It’s up to us to keep moving our feet.

I enjoy traveling and recording far-away places and people with my camera. But I also find it wonderfully rewarding to see what I can discover outside my own window. You only need to study the scene with the eyes of a photographer.

Nothing happens when you sit at home. I always make it a point to carry a camera with me at all times...I just shoot at what interests me at that moment.

This thing called the camera, that takes everything in equally, taught me a lot about how to see.

I travel, I read, I write, I have other lives. But when I have a camera, I know that's my country, my island.

Make something new, and define territory that's never been. I fall in love with shows because I've never see that before. I fall in love with new vocabularies.

Photography gives you the opportunity to use your sensibility and everything you are to say something about and be part of the world around you. In this way, you might discover who you are, and with a little luck, you might discover something much larger than yourself.

When I have a camera in my hand, I know no fear.

As soon as I had the camera in my hand for the first time, I just fell in love.

The camera has always been a magic wand for me, giving me access to places where I could try new experiments.

All I do is make photos. It's my life.

I always thought of photography as a naughty thing to do - that was one of my favorite things about it, and when I first did it, I felt very perverse.

Doing a documentary is about discovering, being open, learning, and following curiosity.

I always carry my camera with me.

I always knew I belonged on the other side of the lens.

You begin a film more with questions than with direct intentions. It's more of an exploration and discovery.

One of the reasons that I do a lot of different kinds of pictures is because I learn a lot when I'm doing them.