Martin Kaninsky 4/4/25 Martin Kaninsky 4/4/25

Louis Stettner

“I have never been interested in photographs based solely on aesthetics, divorced from reality. I also doubt very much whether this is possible.”

Martin Kaninsky 4/3/25 Martin Kaninsky 4/3/25

Louis Faurer

“I have an intense desire to record life as I see it, as I feel it.”

Martin Kaninsky 1/29/25 Martin Kaninsky 1/29/25

Lee Friedlander

"Photography is like fishing. You go out, and sometimes you catch something."

Martin Kaninsky 7/8/24 Martin Kaninsky 7/8/24

Ernst Haas

“Bored with obvious reality, I find my fascination in transforming it into a subjective point of view.”

Martin Kaninsky 7/6/24 Martin Kaninsky 7/6/24

William Eggleston

“I am at war with the obvious.”

Martin Kaninsky 5/22/24 Martin Kaninsky 5/22/24

Thomas Hoepker

“A photo can be more than just a picture. It can be a piece of history.”

Martin Kaninsky 3/12/24 Martin Kaninsky 3/12/24

Ave Pildas

"I'm happiest when I'm away from my studio, away from my house, and out with my camera.”

Martin Kaninsky 12/3/23 Martin Kaninsky 12/3/23

Bruce Davidson

"I'm a humanist; I see the little things that we all share together."

Martin Kaninsky 11/29/23 Martin Kaninsky 11/29/23

André Kertész

"Seeing is not enough; you have to feel what you photograph."

Martin Kaninsky 7/7/23 Martin Kaninsky 7/7/23

Fred Herzog

"I have always felt that you should do the kind of work that is close to your heart."

Martin Kaninsky 7/6/23 Martin Kaninsky 7/6/23

William Klein

“Be yourself. I much prefer seeing something, even it is clumsy, that doesn't look like somebody else's work.”

Martin Kaninsky 7/6/23 Martin Kaninsky 7/6/23

Bruce Gilden

I'm known for taking pictures very close, and the older I get, the closer I get.

Martin Kaninsky 5/3/23 Martin Kaninsky 5/3/23

Alfred Eisenstaedt

"It is more important to click with people than to click the shutter."

Martin Kaninsky 4/30/23 Martin Kaninsky 4/30/23

Christopher Anderson

"The camera is just a tool; the real magic happens when the photographer can find the humanity in their subjects."

Martin Kaninsky 4/30/23 Martin Kaninsky 4/30/23

Harry Gruyaert

"I'm not interested in images that show something. I'm interested in images that feel something."

Martin Kaninsky 4/30/23 Martin Kaninsky 4/30/23

Alex Webb

"My work is about an exploration of the world, trying to make some sense of the chaos of life."

Martin Kaninsky 4/29/23 Martin Kaninsky 4/29/23

Robert Frank

“The eye should learn to listen before it looks.”

Martin Kaninsky 4/29/23 Martin Kaninsky 4/29/23

Robert Doisneau

“Photography is a moment of embarrassment and a lifetime of pleasure.”

Martin Kaninsky 4/29/23 Martin Kaninsky 4/29/23

Helen Levitt

"Since I'm inarticulate, I express myself with images."

Martin Kaninsky 4/11/23 Martin Kaninsky 4/11/23

Dorothea Lange

"One should really use the camera as though tomorrow you'd be stricken blind."

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