Black-and-white street scene with a man in a Yankees cap smoking and looking at his phone beneath a 25% off birthday discount sign.

Alex Franck

Black-and-white photo of a person in streetwear standing over designer accessories at a New York fashion event display

A good image is created by a state of grace

Sergio LArrain

Black-and-white street scene with a framed mirror reflecting tall buildings beside a Mercedes SUV and other parked cars

All photographs are accurate. None of them is the truth

richard avedon

Crowd celebrating NYC Pride in the street with rainbow flags and colorful costumes.
Black-and-white street photo of a couple approaching an ornate historic building while a man photographs them with a smartphone.

The biggest lesson in photography is that

from A negative we make a positive.

Joseph Koudelka

Black-and-white street scene showing a woman and child among a crowd holding flags and signs

Black-and-white street scene with an elderly man in the foreground, fishermen by a waterfront railing, and a bus with pedestrians in the background

I just extract and record things around me, without any pretence

Daido Moriyama