| Now to consult the rules of composition before | My own eyes are no more than scouts on a |
| making a picture is a little like consulting the | preliminary search, for the camera's eye may |
| law of gravitation before going for a walk. | entirely change my idea. - Edward |
| Such rules and laws are deduced from the | Weston |
| accomplished fact; they are the products of | |
| reflection . . . - Edward Weston | One should really use the camera as though |
| | tomorrow you'd be stricken blind. |
| It is not the language of painters but the | - Dorothea Lange |
| language of nature which one should listen to. | |
| . . . The feeling for the things themselves, for | Photography suits the temper of this ageof |
| reality, is more important than the feeling for | active bodies and minds. It is a perfect |
| pictures. - Vincent Van Gogh | medium for one whose mind is teeming with |
| | 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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| A great photograph is one that fully expresses | Photography knows how to authenticate its |
| what one feels, in the deepest sense, about | misrepresentations. - Mason Cooley |
| what is being photographed. - Ansel | |
| Adams | Memory is very important, the memory of |
| | each photo taken, flowing at the same speed |
| You learn to see by practice. It's just like | as the event. During the work, you have to be |
| playing tennis, you get better the more you | sure that you haven't left any holes, that you've |
| play. The more you look around at things, the | captured everything, because afterwards it will |
| more you see. The more you photograph, the | be too late. - Henri Cartier Bresson |
| more you realize what can be photographed | |
| and what can't be photographed. You just have | |
| to keep doing it. - Eliot Porter | |
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