| It is not the language of painters but the | A mad, keen photographer needs to get out |
| language of nature which one should listen to. | into the world and work and make mistakes. |
| . . . The feeling for the things themselves, for | - Sam Abell |
| reality, is more important than the feeling for | |
| pictures. - Vincent Van Gogh | I almost never set out to photograph a |
| | landscape, nor do I think of my camera as a |
| There is nothing worse than a sharp image of | means of recording a mountain or an animal |
| a fuzzy concept. - Ansel Adams | unless I absolutely need a 'record shot'. My |
| | first thought is always of light. - Galen |
| Now to consult the rules of composition before | Rowell |
| making a picture is a little like consulting the | |
| law of gravitation before going for a walk. | |
| Such rules and laws are deduced from the | |
| accomplished fact; they are the products of | |
| reflection . . . - Edward Weston | |
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| Photography is about finding out what can | Keep it simple. - Alfred Eienstaedt |
| happen in the frame. When you put four | |
| edges around some facts, you change those | You can find pictures anywhere. It's simply a |
| facts. - Gary Winogrand | matter of noticing things and organizing them. |
| | You just have to care about what's around you |
| Photography is a major force in explaining | and have a concern with humanity and the |
| man to man. - Edward Steichen | human comedy. - Elliott Erwitt |
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| Pictures you have taken have an influence on | You learn to see by practice. It's just like |
| those that you are going to make. | playing tennis, you get better the more you |
| That's life! - John Sexton | play. The more you look around at things, the |
| | more you see. The more you photograph, the |
| | 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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