| I think the best pictures are often on the edges | "Simply look with perceptive eyes at the |
| of any situation, I don't find photographing the | world about you, and trust to your own |
| situation nearly as interesting as | reactions and convictions. Ask yourself: |
| photographing the edges. - William Albert | "Does this subject move me to feel, think |
| Allard | and dream? Can I visualize a print - my own |
| | personal statement of what I feel and want to |
| Sometimes you can tell a large story with a | convey - from the subject before me?" |
| tiny subject. - Eliot Porter | - Ansel Adams |
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| A great photograph is one that fully expresses | Now to consult the rules of composition before |
| what one feels, in the deepest sense, about | making a picture is a little like consulting the |
| what is being photographed. - Ansel | law of gravitation before going for a walk. |
| Adams | Such rules and laws are deduced from the |
| | accomplished fact; they are the products of |
| | reflection . . . - Edward Weston |
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| Pictures you have taken have an influence on | My own eyes are no more than scouts on a |
| those that you are going to make. | preliminary search, for the camera's eye may |
| That's life! - John Sexton | entirely change my idea. - Edward |
| | Weston |
| You've got to push yourself harder. You've got | |
| to start looking for pictures nobody else could | Photography suits the temper of this ageof |
| take. You've got to take the tools you have and | active bodies and minds. It is a perfect |
| probe deeper. - William Albert Allard | medium for one whose mind is teeming with |
| | ideas, imagery, for a prolific worker who |
| Photography knows how to authenticate its | would be slowed down by painting or |
| misrepresentations. - Mason Cooley | sculpting, for one who sees quickly and acts |
| | decisively, accurately. - Edward Weston |
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