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There is one thing the photograph must contain, the humanity of the moment. This kind of photography is realism. But realism is not enough - there has to be vision, and the two together can make a good photograph.

Black and white are the colors of photography. To me they symbolize the alternatives of hope and despair to which mankind is forever subjected.

I realize that I had always in my heart of hearts planned to write a biography of Marie Antoinette.

The clue to book jacket photography is to look friendly and approachable, but not too glamorous.

I have had the unfortunate experience of having someone write an unauthorised biography of me. Half of it is lies and the other half is badly written. My feeling is that if I'm going to write my life story, I ought to have my life first.

We have escapist fiction, so why not escapist biography?

If you get a diagnosis, get on a therapy, keep a good attitude and keep your sense of humor.

In particular, Australia, because of its ancient geography, soil profile and distinctive weather patterns, is more adversely affected by climate variability than some other continents.

Biography - a system in which the contradictions of a human life are unified.

A lot of what I've been learning in the last two years is due to therapy - about my sexuality, why things go wrong, why relationships haven't worked. It isn't anything to do with anybody else; it's to do with me.

Mills insisted that a sociologist's proper subject was the intersection of biography and history.

Photography is truth. The cinema is truth twenty-four times per second.

I've had a lot of cognitive behavioural therapy, and am having a family now.

Look at lots of exhibitions and books, and don't get hung up on cameras and technical things. Photography is about images.

Born Berlin 1931, Germany, father a British diplomat, mother an American artist. Educated at various schools all over the world. 1958 Settled down to live in London. 1966 Became interested in photography through photographing my young children. No formal training.

I had years of therapy to recover from this. A lot of it had to with being a people pleaser, being the ultimate good girl. I wanted everyone to like me. I didn't really have a voice. I was afraid of growing up.

You can stay in therapy your whole life, but you've got to live life and not talk about life.

Photography is a way of putting distance between myself and the work which sometimes helps me to see more clearly what it is that I have made.

I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.

As an avid photographer, I also took advantage of the latest technology in photography - digital photography - to post photos on my website on a daily basis.