Eliot Porter Quotes

The more you photograph, the more you realize what can and what can't be photographed. You just have to keep doing it.

Sometimes you can tell a large story with a tiny subject.

Photography is a strong tool, a propaganda device, and a weapon for the defense of the environment...and therefore for the fostering of a healthy human race and even very likely for its survival.

I do not photograph for ulterior purposes. I photograph for the thing itself - for the photograph - without consideration of how it may be used.

Photographs are believed more than words; thus they can be used persuasively to show people who have never taken the trouble to look what is there.

My emotions, instincts, and interests are all with nature.