| Now to consult the rules of composition before | You can find pictures anywhere. It's simply a |
| making a picture is a little like consulting the | matter of noticing things and organizing them. |
| law of gravitation before going for a walk. | You just have to care about what's around you |
| Such rules and laws are deduced from the | and have a concern with humanity and the |
| accomplished fact; they are the products of | human comedy. - Elliott Erwitt |
| reflection . . . - Edward Weston | |
| | You learn to see by practice. It's just like |
| [Photography] is a way of feeling, of touching, | playing tennis, you get better the more you |
| of loving. What you have caught on film is | play. The more you look around at things, the |
| captured forever . . . it remembers little things, | more you see. The more you photograph, the |
| long after you have forgotten everything. | more you realize what can be photographed |
| - Aaron Siskind | and what can't be photographed. You just have |
| | to keep doing it. - Eliot Porter |
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| Pictures you have taken have an influence on | Photography suits the temper of this ageof |
| those that you are going to make. | active bodies and minds. It is a perfect |
| That's life! - John Sexton | medium for one whose mind is teeming with |
| | ideas, imagery, for a prolific worker who |
| Photography is a major force in explaining | would be slowed down by painting or |
| man to man. - Edward Steichen | sculpting, for one who sees quickly and acts |
| | decisively, accurately. - Edward Weston |
| Photography knows how to authenticate its | |
| misrepresentations. - Mason Cooley | The camera makes everyone a tourist in other |
| | people's reality. - Susan Sontag |
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