David Burnett Professions : Photographer Born : September 7, 1946 Browse All Authors Top 14 quotes by David Burnett The greatest photographs are motivated by human feeling. David Burnett motivated photograph feelings Do not settle for easy. Do not settle for that first image. Craft it, work it, and make something more out of it. And finally, don't forget that the biggest joy in photography is making pictures of those things in your own life. David Burnett crafts photography joy I see myself as a recorder of history, sort of a visual historian. David Burnett recorders historian visuals The satisfaction comes from working next to 500 photographers and coming away with something different. David Burnett next different satisfaction The fact that I have a little ten-megapixel camera with me all the time, is way better than having the greatest camera in the world sitting at home on a desk instead of on my shoulder. David Burnett cameras sitting home War isn't a TV show with plot twists to keep the viewers interested. The proliferation of images and blanket media coverage have suffocated the life out of old-style photojournalism. David Burnett tv-shows media war I love New York, but am happy to be away from it. I really like small towns, with welcoming barbecue restaurants. David Burnett welcome towns new-york Shooting film is not for everybody, but if you're crazy enough it might be for you. David Burnett shooting crazy might When you've lived through the golden age of photojournalism, there's no point in being nostalgic. David Burnett nostalgic golden age The loss of letters in today's world is one of the great losses we are experiencing, though we shan't know the full extent of it for another twenty or thirty years when we'll wish we had those letters never written. David Burnett wish loss years It's a given your family will be tired of being photographed, but don't give up. In another couple of decades, those are the pictures you will be glad to have. David Burnett dont-give-up giving-up couple I hate being away, but I understand that for me, that's where the work, the stories are. David Burnett i-hate hate stories As an emerging photojournalist in the early 70s, my focus was on trying to create stories for magazines to the exclusion of almost everything else. I wish someone had told me then that the most personally important pictures you’ll ever make are those about you and your life. I’m glad I had the chance to work for some great magazines, but I really miss those little everyday images, the ones that take place in and around your own life, which will never make the news. Don’t sell yourself short: photograph your own life, not just everyone else’s. David Burnett focus everyday missing We found out the day that he passed away that he had experimented with it just a handful of times, what killed Chase was the synthetic cannabinoid poisoning, the marijuana. The chemicals that were sprayed onto the leaves shut his lungs down. He suffered a violent death. He asphyxiated and suffocated, and he obviously became unconscious... and I found him in the hot tub. David Burnett top-news Similar Authors Inge Morath photographer Bert Stern photographer Brent Stirton photographer Bunny Yeager photographer Burt Glinn photographer Bruno Barbey photographer All Authors
