Eve Arnold
Eve Arnold
Eve Arnold, OBE, Hon. FRPSwas an American photojournalist. She joined Magnum Photos agency in 1951, and became a full member in 1957...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPhotographer
Date of Birth21 April 1912
CountryUnited States of America
curiosity use would-be
What drove me and kept me going over the decades? If I had to use a single word, it would be 'curiosity.
giving people leica
What I have tried to do is involve the people I was photographing... if they were willing to give, I was willing to photograph.
age should
You should never reveal your true age.
curiosity digestion needs
What you need to be a good photographer is an overwhelming curiosity and a good digestion.
people height able
What has changed is that when I photographed, most people that I photographed didn't have the right of refusal on their work. It would take a Marilyn Monroe at her height to be able to dictate that.
moving skills target
Recording sessions were stimulating to photograph, because everything was in motion: the subject, the musicians, the technicians and the photographer. You needed fast reflexes to keep up with moving targets, and sensitivity and skill to get the pictures while keeping out of the performers' eyeline so as not to break their concentration.
stars two long
If the chemistry is right between star and photographer and the geometry of the pictures pleases the star, often the two people end up with a long-term professional friendship during which they continue to work together and to produce highly personal images.
mirrors people world
I realise that I had the best of serious picture journalism. There was an innocence in our approach, especially in the 1950s and 1960s when we naively believed that by holding a mirror up to the world we could help - no matter how little - to make people aware of the human condition.
reality ideas cameras
I love the idea I can go off with a single camera and a few rolls of film unencumbered... I was not interested in the illusion of reality, I wanted to get close to what was happening.
thinking frustration satisfied
I think if I ever get satisfied, I’ll have to stop. It’s the frustration that drives you.
photography magic musician
You can't make a great musician or a great photographer if the magic isn't there.
want limits cameras
I didn't want to be a woman photographer. That would limit me. I wanted to be a photographer who was a woman, with all the world open to my camera.
children poverty birth
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.
important use leica
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.