Eve Arnold
Eve Arnold
Eve Arnold, OBE, Hon. FRPSwas an American photojournalist. She joined Magnum Photos agency in 1951, and became a full member in 1957...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPhotographer
Date of Birth21 April 1912
CountryUnited States of America
assess brought define generally given hard image order pick point talk talking time trying
It's hard for me to assess what I brought because each time you pick up a camera and point it at a person, you're trying to define that person so to talk generally is difficult because I have to think of a given image in order to conjure up what we're talking about.
people secret bigs
If you are careful with people, they will offer you part of themselves. That is the big secret.
photography people lenses
If a photographer cares about the people before the lens and is compassionate, much is given. It is the photographer, not the camera, that is the instrument.
wall mind
What do you hang on the walls of your mind?
photography magic musician
You can't make a great musician or a great photographer if the magic isn't there.
numbers attention lessons
Lesson number one: Pay attention to the intrusion of the camera.
careers long mind
I had in mind a long career.
photography accidents
I came to photography by accident.
photography chance genre
A studio session ... provides the greatest chance for control. Even though there is total freedom, I still dislike studio photography and the contrived images that usually stem from this genre.
theme again-and-again
Themes recur again and again in my work.
I want the subject to be in control. Because they will give me something I couldn't possibly know about them.
I find going back through things sometimes exhilarating because I find things I didn't know I had, and sometimes it's very off putting because there are things I never quite finished, and there's nothing at all to do about it now.