Nigel Barker Quotes

I’m much more about the emotion that a photograph provokes out of you and less about how technically brilliant it is.

There’s almost an element of selfies that is like photo therapy. People look upon themselves in a picture and then they critique themselves without knowing so, and that’s what’s happening on mass on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.

I photograph different people all the time. I like to shoot all kinds of people.

For guys, growing older is fine. Gray hair and wrinkles aren’t considered a bad thing.

Someone who is comfortable, someone who is happy, you see them immediately sit up, stand up and feel better about themselves. If you’re able to capture that in a picture, that’s the most beautiful picture you can ever take of someone.

Capturing a beautiful moment in a photo is something I’m very passionate about.

Whenever you do anything public, you open yourself up to be criticized.

Designers simply can’t afford to make dresses in 10 sizes for a sample.

For a selfie, it’s not about the pose, it’s about you. There’s a reason why you look great in the picture or you look great in real life, because someone has caught the essence of who you are, and a pose is not you.

My go-to necktie is jet black, skinny, and simple. It goes with everything. I really like that mod-ish punk look.

I think if more designers designed clothes with a more fuller figure in mind, it would represent women in a greater sense.

If you are going out, and if you want women to pick you up, wear skinny jeans. Trust me: women will be looking at your legs and looking at your butt. When I wear skinny jeans, at least one woman will tell me, ‘Nice butt.’

Write ‘judge of beautiful women’ on my tombstone. I’d be quite happy.

Certainly, people feel awkward when they have their photograph taken. They want to see it, but they don’t want to see it.

Nonni’s Biscotti Bites fit perfectly in my camera bag for a spontaneous break between photo shoots.

I always wanted to be a zoologist. I’m fascinated with animals. I wanted to be a zookeeper.

My favorite memory is Tomorrow. Tomorrow’s family moments are what I look forward to every day. No single favorite. Just Tomorrow.

Kate Moss is small and not necessarily model dimensions but she has that special something.

Many reality shows have failed because everyone’s acting.

People think New York is this big city where no one knows each other, but when you live in the Village, it’s the opposite.

For me the most important thing to do in a selfie is to have an opinion and to say something with the picture. Don’t just take a picture of yourself like, ‘Here I am.’ It’s what are you thinking? Are you happy? Are you angry? Do you like it? Do you not like it? Think an emotion and apply it to your eyes.

Even though photographers are only shooting the outside, beauty is more about who you are as a person – the life you lead – not your facade.

I have a book out called ‘The Beauty Equation’ and it discusses how off track we have gone in considering beauty.

I am always on the go; being a photographer, filmmaker, author and a father, things become stressful, and it is important to find time to escape for a few minutes.

I got a camera when I was nine years old and it wasn’t until I was a model that I realized you could be a photographer for a job.