Lola Alvarez Bravo quotes

I was the only woman fooling around with a camera in the streets and all the reporters laughed at me. So I became a fighter.
-- Lola Alvarez Bravo

#Cameras #Fighter #Fooling Around

If my photos have any value, it's because they show a Mexico that no longer exists.
-- Lola Alvarez Bravo

#Mexico #Shows #Ifs

If I came out a photographer it's because I knew about painting, composition, and the handling of light.
-- Lola Alvarez Bravo

#Light #Photographer #Painting

I feel that working with the camera and editing it is actually my strong suit.

This is all you need in life: a computer, a camera, and a cat.

The camera can film my face but until it captures my soul, you don't have a movie,

You know, when cameras are rolling, improvisation doesn't feel natural. The pressure is too great. You're on a time schedule. You've got 60 crewmen.

When I have a camera in my hand, I know no fear.

Everybody saying Guerrero, I'll really turn your ***** into a real ghost.

You don't realize what fine fighting material there is in age. ... You show me any one who's lived to over seventy and you show me a fighter - some one who's got the will to live.

I'm not a fighter. If there's something going on that I really feel strongly about, I'll certainly stand up but I pick my battles.

I sat down in the sand, breathless with shame and failure. God, I thought, some defender of the weak. Some freedom fighter: Joan of Arc in sunscreen.

I was the only woman fooling around with a camera in the streets and all the reporters laughed at me. So I became a fighter.