| 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 |
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| Photography is a major force in explaining | |
| man to man. - Edward Steichen | I almost never set out to photograph a |
| | landscape, nor do I think of my camera as a |
| Photography records the gamut of feelings | means of recording a mountain or an animal |
| written on the human face, the beauty of the | unless I absolutely need a 'record shot'. My |
| earth and skies that man has inherited and the | first thought is always of light. - Galen |
| wealth and confusion man has created. | Rowell |
| - Edward Steichen | |
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| You learn to see by practice. It's just like | Now to consult the rules of composition before |
| playing tennis, you get better the more you | making a picture is a little like consulting the |
| play. The more you look around at things, the | law of gravitation before going for a walk. |
| more you see. The more you photograph, the | Such rules and laws are deduced from the |
| more you realize what can be photographed | accomplished fact; they are the products of |
| and what can't be photographed. You just have | reflection . . . - Edward Weston |
| to keep doing it. - Eliot Porter | |
| | It is not the language of painters but the |
| A good picture is equivalent to a good deed. | language of nature which one should listen to. |
| - Vincent Van Gogh | . . . The feeling for the things themselves, for |
| | reality, is more important than the feeling for |
| | pictures. - Vincent Van Gogh |
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