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. Eve Arnold assesbringcamera share on social
It doesn't matter if you use a box camera or you use a Leica; the important thing is what motivates you when you are photographing. Eve Arnold boxcameraimportant Change image and share on social
If you are careful with people, they will offer you part of themselves. That is the big secret. Eve Arnold bigcarefuloffer Change image and share on social
I have been poor and I wanted to document poverty; I had lost a child and I was obsessed with birth; I was interested in politics and I wanted to know how it affected our lives; I am a woman and I wanted to know about women. Eve Arnold affectbirthchild share on social
I want the subject to be in control. Because they will give me something I couldn't possibly know about them. Eve Arnold controlgivepossibly Change image and share on social
I don't see anybody as either ordinary or extraordinary. I see them simply as people in front of my lens. Eve Arnold extraordinaryfrontlens Change image and share on social
What I have tried to do is involve the people I was photographing... if they were willing to give, I was willing to photograph. Eve Arnold giveinvolvepeople Change image and share on social
It is the photographer, not the camera, that is the instrument. Eve Arnold camerainstrumentphotographer Change image and share on social
