| I almost never set out to photograph a | It is not the language of painters but the |
| landscape, nor do I think of my camera as a | language of nature which one should listen to. |
| means of recording a mountain or an animal | . . . The feeling for the things themselves, for |
| unless I absolutely need a 'record shot'. My | reality, is more important than the feeling for |
| first thought is always of light. - Galen | pictures. - Vincent Van Gogh |
| Rowell | |
| | "Simply look with perceptive eyes at the |
| A mad, keen photographer needs to get out | world about you, and trust to your own |
| into the world and work and make mistakes. | reactions and convictions. Ask yourself: |
| - Sam Abell | "Does this subject move me to feel, think |
| | and dream? Can I visualize a print - my own |
| | personal statement of what I feel and want to |
| | convey - from the subject before me?" |
| | - Ansel Adams |
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Staten Island |
Warren |
Conway |
Council Bluffs |
Boone |
Hollywood |
Stockbridge |
Homestead |
Purcell |
Logan |
Lexington Park |
Santa Rosa |
Kutztown |
Midvale |
Jackson |
San Marcos |
Boaz |
Lansing |
Aberdeen |
Oxford |
Greensburg |
Buckhannon |
Mt. Laurel |
Beaufort |
Verdi |
Zephyrhills |
Houma |
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| Photography is a major force in explaining | A picture is the expression of an impression. If |
| man to man. - Edward Steichen | the beautiful were not in us, how would we |
| | ever recognize it? - Ernst Haas |
| I think you have to have a real point of view | |
| that's your own. You have to tell it your way. | Keep it simple. - Alfred Eienstaedt |
| And, I think that it's a mistake to shoot for a | |
| specific magazine's point of view because it's | Sometimes you can tell a large story with a |
| never going to be as good. You have to shoot | tiny subject. - Eliot Porter |
| for yourself and photograph [the way] you | |
| believe it. - Mary Ellen Mark | No place is boring, if you've had a good |
| | night's sleep and have a pocket full of |
| | unexposed film. - Robert Adams |
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