Drew Barrymore Quotes

I carry a disposable camera. It takes me back to my childhood, when you had to develop your film and wait to see what pictures you got.

There's something very satisfying about old cameras because they're ingenious. I mean when you take them apart and actually see, 'Oh, this is how we make photographs,' it's an ingenious thing, but it feels like it's in a way a layman can appreciate, whereas a digital camera, I don't even begin to know what goes into making a digital camera.

I started out taking photos of my friends on, like, disposable cameras, and I documented my younger sister and her friends all through high school.

You see a kid making a film on a cell phone. He doesn't know what he's doing either. But it comes out kind of good.

I'm definitely a Polaroid camera girl. For me, what I'm really excited about is bringing back the artistry and the nature of Polaroid.

I've been a photographer all these years... I haven't been in my own darkroom for 10 years.

With light field technology, there is a huge opportunity for creativity in photography that hasn't been available in the past.

I've always shot on film, but the times are changing.

The best gift I've ever gotten... My grandpa gave me a Polaroid camera when I was younger. It was awesome!

I love the camera; there's something very special and sensual about it, and I have a tendency to call it a he, like it was a man. But, unlike a man, a camera is accepting of everything I do.

The digital camera is a great invention because it allows us to reminisce. Instantly.

I don't think that digital photography is romantic yet. It's not sympathetic the way that film is.

I remember, when I was a little kid playing with the 25 Legos I had, I thought, 'If I just had a camera, I could film different setups and make it look like I have way more Legos and tell a story.' I didn't get a camera, though, until I basically got an iPhone.

I think back to my time when I was skating: I was 15, and there was no such thing as Instagram.

I'm really thankful for the time that I grew up in that we didn't have cell phones, and we made a lot of our own fun.

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.

I was probably five when I first picked up a camera. My mom had an Olympus OM-10 that she carried around to document our family photos. And I just always loved it.

In a lot of ways I look at these old photos, and I don't know if I would have been able to communicate with these people on this level if I didn't have a camera. I think I would still be so shy.

Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away.

In an age of iPhones and Playstations, it's great to see that somebody's still rocking the bus-on-a-string.

The [35mm] camera is for life and for people, the swift and intense moments of life.

Kodachrome, it gives us those nice bright colors Gives us the greens of summers Makes you think all the world's a sunny day, oh yeah! I got a Nikon camera, I love to take a photograph So momma, don't take my Kodachrome away.

WhenIWasYourAge: It took a week to learn whether your photos came out okay.

We didn’t have Facebook in my day, we had a phone book but you wouldn’t waste an afternoon on it

People have to understand that they can reject technology. They can turn off their cell phone. They can stop looking at their e-mail. It's there if they want it. It's not being forced on them.