Garry Winogrand Quotes

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

My pictures are my eyes. I photograph what I see - and what I want to see.

I'm so drawn to photography because you can convey a complex story in a single frame.

I really believe there are things nobody would see if I didn't photograph them.

Photography has always been a major part of my vision: my excuse for meddling with what the world looks like.

I like being behind the camera because I can control perception and what people see.

Photography is, first of all, a way of seeing.

When a moment in front of me appears to be particularly special, whether it be by beauty or experience, I capture it. I usually find a reason to justify taking that photo - symmetry, or color, or contrast - and it's my hope that my photography sheds light onto what I see and do on a daily basis.

In photography there is a reality so subtle that it becomes more real than reality.

I went into photography because it seemed like the perfect vehicle for commenting on the madness of today's existence.

The camera is my tool. Through it I give a reason to everything around me.

A camera is a tool for learning how to see without a camera.

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

Photography is a major force in explaining man to man.

I look at ordinary objects, and I see things that other people don't see. That's why I'm a photographer.

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.

A camera teaches you how to see without a camera.

To photograph truthfully and effectively is to see beneath the surfaces and record the qualities of nature and humanity which live or are latent in all things.

You know, the camera is not meant just to show misery.

You don't take a photograph, you make it.

What I find most satisfying about photography is the way in which it allows me to document 'reality' while at the same time creating my own version thereof; in other words, the reality I present is a reality based upon what I choose to include in the frame and what I choose to leave out.

Photography helps people to see.

Photography is a small voice, at best, but sometimes one photograph, or a group of them, can lure our sense of awareness.

Capturing a beautiful moment in a photo is something I'm very passionate about.

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