| I almost never set out to photograph a | You can find pictures anywhere. It's simply a |
| landscape, nor do I think of my camera as a | matter of noticing things and organizing them. |
| means of recording a mountain or an animal | You just have to care about what's around you |
| unless I absolutely need a 'record shot'. My | and have a concern with humanity and the |
| first thought is always of light. - Galen | human comedy. - Elliott Erwitt |
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| | Sometimes you can tell a large story with a |
| My own eyes are no more than scouts on a | tiny subject. - Eliot Porter |
| preliminary search, for the camera's eye may | |
| entirely change my idea. - Edward | Keep it simple. - Alfred Eienstaedt |
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| "Simply look with perceptive eyes at the | Photography records the gamut of feelings |
| world about you, and trust to your own | written on the human face, the beauty of the |
| reactions and convictions. Ask yourself: | earth and skies that man has inherited and the |
| "Does this subject move me to feel, think | wealth and confusion man has created. |
| and dream? Can I visualize a print - my own | - Edward Steichen |
| personal statement of what I feel and want to | |
| convey - from the subject before me?" | I think you have to have a real point of view |
| - Ansel Adams | that's your own. You have to tell it your way. |
| | And, I think that it's a mistake to shoot for a |
| Now to consult the rules of composition before | specific magazine's point of view because it's |
| making a picture is a little like consulting the | never going to be as good. You have to shoot |
| law of gravitation before going for a walk. | for yourself and photograph [the way] you |
| Such rules and laws are deduced from the | believe it. - Mary Ellen Mark |
| accomplished fact; they are the products of | |
| reflection . . . - Edward Weston | |
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