"Sensitive people faced with the prospect of a camera portrait put on a face they think is the one they would like to show to the world... Every so often what lies behind the facade is rare and more wonderful than the subject knows or dares to believe"
Irving Penn.
“Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it."
Yousuf Karsh
"I am totally superficial, I know. But I believe superficiality can be very serious, a defense against the gravity of things, a manner of discretion."
Jean Loup Sieff
“I am obsessed with beauty. I want everything to be perfect, and of course it isn’t. And that’s a tough place to be because you’re never satisfied.”
Robert Mapplethorpe.
"Some people strive for perfection, but I often find perfection boring."
Mario Testino.
"Portraits are the most intimate photographs. The image will survive the subject."
Victor Skrebneski.
"The beauty I'm after is inherent, more natural. Genuine emotions, real emotions, that's what I look for."
Ron Galella.