Carl Mydans Quotations

I found him an impressive man, and a very difficult man.

... I think it is fair to say that all war photographers hide behind their cameras. I hid behind mine for years and years and years. It was a shield... I think that the photographer in combat has a greater protection than the soldier who has a rifle in his hand. That camera has unbelievable protective power.

We cannot hope to control what we do not understand, nor to confront our adversary, war, with our eyes averted.

One is not really a photographer until preoccupation with learning has been outgrown and the camera in his hands is an extension of himself. This is where creativity begins.

As he came across the deck, tapping the deck with his cane, the entire ship was absolutely silent. And the sound of him coming to surrender his country -- tap, tap, tap -- affected me greatly. And my vindictive feelings about him vanished.

You really see dignity within people who are living through the most horrific of times.