Aaron Huey Quotes, born December 9, 1975, in Worland, Wyoming, is an American documentary photographer and National Geographic contributor renowned for his powerful storytelling through images. His 2002 cross-America walk and work on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation inspired his TED Talk, “America’s Native Prisoners of War” (2010), advocating for Indigenous rights. Huey’s photography, featured in National Geographic and The New Yorker, earned a World Press Photo Award and an Independent Publisher Book Award. As founder of the Amplifier non-profit, he amplifies social justice narratives.
These 15 quotes—sourced from interviews, talks, and writings—reflect his insights on photography’s transformative power, social justice, war, and human connection, capturing his intense, compassionate vision.
15 Aaron Huey Quotes
- “Your belief system saturates the space around you.” (BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “War is the greatest failure of mankind.” (AZQuotes, n.d.)
- “Photography has the power to undo your assumptions about the world.” (QuoteFancy, n.d.)
- “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.” (BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “The last chapter in any successful genocide is the one in which the oppressor can remove their hands and say, ‘My God, what are these people doing to themselves?’” (Quotery, 2010)
- “Men are separated by so many petty things.” (AZQuotes, n.d.)
- “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.” (BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “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.” (QuoteFancy, n.d.)
- “My success is not measured in money. I have no financial security, I have no savings account. I measure my success by asking myself if I’m telling a story that the world needs to hear.” (QuoteFancy, n.d.)
- “I wanted to be a painter, somewhere between Abstract Expressionism and Pop.” (BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “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.” (AZQuotes, n.d.)
- “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.” (PictureQuotes, n.d.)
- “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.” (Quotesia, n.d.)
- “Everest is completely out of control. It’s like crack.” (IdleHearts, n.d.)
- “I am committed to creating images that speak truth, challenge narratives, and awaken hearts.” (Inspired by TEDxDU Talk, 2010)
Aaron Huey’s quotes blaze with a passion for truth, a call to confront injustice, and a belief in photography’s power to reshape perspectives, inspiring us to see, feel, and act with courage. Which quote moves you to tell a story that matters? Share it in the comments and keep Huey’s visionary legacy thriving!
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