| Now to consult the rules of composition before | You learn to see by practice. It's just like |
| making a picture is a little like consulting the | playing tennis, you get better the more you |
| law of gravitation before going for a walk. | play. The more you look around at things, the |
| Such rules and laws are deduced from the | more you see. The more you photograph, the |
| accomplished fact; they are the products of | more you realize what can be photographed |
| reflection . . . - Edward Weston | and what can't be photographed. You just have |
| | to keep doing it. - Eliot Porter |
| It is not the language of painters but the | |
| language of nature which one should listen to. | Keep it simple. - Alfred Eienstaedt |
| . . . The feeling for the things themselves, for | |
| reality, is more important than the feeling for | |
| pictures. - Vincent Van Gogh | |
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| ...words and pictures can work together to | I almost never set out to photograph a |
| communicate more powerfully than either | landscape, nor do I think of my camera as a |
| alone. -William Albert Allard | means of recording a mountain or an animal |
| | unless I absolutely need a 'record shot'. My |
| Photography knows how to authenticate its | first thought is always of light. - Galen |
| misrepresentations. - Mason Cooley | Rowell |
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| You've got to push yourself harder. You've got | Photography suits the temper of this ageof |
| to start looking for pictures nobody else could | active bodies and minds. It is a perfect |
| take. You've got to take the tools you have and | medium for one whose mind is teeming with |
| probe deeper. - William Albert Allard | ideas, imagery, for a prolific worker who |
| | would be slowed down by painting or |
| | sculpting, for one who sees quickly and acts |
| | decisively, accurately. - Edward Weston |
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