Quotes by Aaron Huey

About Aaron Huey:

Aaron Huey is an American photojournalist and documentary photographer who is most widely known for his walk across America in 2002 and his work on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. He grew up in Worland, Wyoming, graduating from Worland High School. He received his BFA from the University of Denver, in Colorado in 1999.
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War is the greatest failure of mankind.

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War is death. If we are to engage in war, then we should have to stare it straight in the face and call it by its rightful name.

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I want to tell you what it was really like to think death is imminent, but I can't. It's a taste in your mouth. And an emptiness.

Aaron Huey

A visual understanding of great composition and how to use a camera and expensive lenses can be learned, but drive and a real hunger for making photos and telling stories... I don't think that part can be learned. You either have that inside, or you ...

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Men are separated by so many petty things.

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I wanted to be a painter, somewhere between Abstract Expressionism and Pop.

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Your belief system saturates the space around you.

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I don't want to do stories that don't have a heart. I'm just not going to be satisfied with stories where I can't be passionate about the subject, where I can't make a difference.

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I'm not sure how to describe my style. A lot of my work is dark and looks a bit sad, which is strange because I'm such a smiley, over-the-top positive guy who wears gold shoes most days.

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Make your work deeper and better than those before you, and eventually someone will notice. If you don't think the work is better than what you've seen, then go back until it is.

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Author Bio

  • NameAaron Huey
  • DescriptionAmerican photojournalist
  • AliasesAaron huey
  • BornDecember 9, 1975
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPhotographer; Photojournalist