Ralph Steiner (February 8, 1899 – July 13, 1986) was an American photographer, pioneer documentarian and a key figure among avant-garde filmmakers in the 1930s.
Photographers undervalue the use of the wastebasket in their pursuit of fine photography.
These days I think the composers of music influence me more than any photographers or visual creators. I see something exciting or lovely and think to myself: 'If Papa Haydn or Wolfgang Amadeus or the red-headed Vivaldi were here with a camera, they'd snap a picture of what's in front of me. ' So I take the picture for them.
By showing a picture, you're showing an x-ray of your heart.
There are only two hard things in photography; which way to point the camera and when to release the shutter.
Eventually I discovered for myself the utterly simple prescription for creativity; be intensely yourself. Don't try to be outstanding; don't try to be a success;don't try to do pictures for others to look at- just please yourself.
Ward Lambert
Arthur Cecil Pigou
Joshuah Bearman
Tim Costello
Israel Putnam
David Robert Mitchell
Donna Lewis
Tim Heidecker
Kathy Valentine
Beau Bridges
Stephen Frears
Arthur Ransome