| Now to consult the rules of composition before | Photography records the gamut of feelings |
| making a picture is a little like consulting the | written on the human face, the beauty of the |
| law of gravitation before going for a walk. | earth and skies that man has inherited and the |
| Such rules and laws are deduced from the | wealth and confusion man has created. |
| accomplished fact; they are the products of | - Edward Steichen |
| reflection . . . - Edward Weston | |
| | Photography is a major force in explaining |
| Above all, it's hard learning to live with vivid | man to man. - Edward Steichen |
| mental images of scenes I cared for and failed | |
| to photograph. It is the edgy existence within | ...words and pictures can work together to |
| me of these unmade images that is the only | communicate more powerfully than either |
| assurance that the best photographs are yet to | alone. -William Albert Allard |
| be made. - Sam Abell | |
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Miami |
Boston |
Albany |
Salt Lake City |
Buffalo |
Visalia |
North Platte |
Flushing |
Riverton |
Lawrence |
Bartlesville |
Logan |
Mobile |
Columbia |
Moncks Corner |
Sioux City |
Peru |
Chatsworth |
Grandville |
Sleepy Eye |
Brazil |
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| You can find pictures anywhere. It's simply a | A mad, keen photographer needs to get out |
| matter of noticing things and organizing them. | into the world and work and make mistakes. |
| You just have to care about what's around you | - Sam Abell |
| and have a concern with humanity and the | |
| human comedy. - Elliott Erwitt | The virtue of the camera is not the power it |
| | has to transform the photographer into an |
| A good picture is equivalent to a good deed. | artist, but the impulse it gives him to keep on |
| - Vincent Van Gogh | looking. - Brooks Anderson |
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| A great photograph is one that fully expresses | Photography suits the temper of this ageof |
| what one feels, in the deepest sense, about | active bodies and minds. It is a perfect |
| what is being photographed. - Ansel | medium for one whose mind is teeming with |
| Adams | 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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