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I love the medium of photography, for with its unique realism it gives me the power to go beyond conventional read more
I love the medium of photography, for with its unique realism it gives me the power to go beyond conventional ways of seeing and understanding and say, "This is real, too."
There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.
There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.
There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.
There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.
Many pictures turn out to be limp translations of the known world instead of vital objects which create an intrinsic read more
Many pictures turn out to be limp translations of the known world instead of vital objects which create an intrinsic world of their own. There is a vast difference between taking a picture and making a photograph.
It takes a lot of imagination to be a good photographer. You need less imagination to be a painter, because read more
It takes a lot of imagination to be a good photographer. You need less imagination to be a painter, because you can invent things. But in photography everything is so ordinary; it takes a lot of looking before you learn to see the ordinary.
You know what a camera is? A mirror with memory.
You know what a camera is? A mirror with memory.
The charm, one might say the genius, of memory is that it is choosy, chancy and temperamental; it rejects the read more
The charm, one might say the genius, of memory is that it is choosy, chancy and temperamental; it rejects the edifying cathedral and indelibly photographs the small boy outside, chewing a hunk of melon in the dust.
The Equipment you'll leave at home, you'll need the most. You're always out of film when you'll have the best read more
The Equipment you'll leave at home, you'll need the most. You're always out of film when you'll have the best opportunity.
If the man who paints only the tree, or flower, or other surface he sees before him were an artist, read more
If the man who paints only the tree, or flower, or other surface he sees before him were an artist, the king of artists would be the photographer. It is for the artist to do something beyond this.