| 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 | I almost never set out to photograph a |
| | landscape, nor do I think of my camera as a |
| Photography is my passion. - Alfred | means of recording a mountain or an animal |
| Stieglitz | unless I absolutely need a 'record shot'. My |
| | first thought is always of light. - Galen |
| | Rowell |
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Kansas City |
Minneapolis |
Lafayette |
Pittsburgh |
Newport Beach |
Mobile |
Weirton |
Staten Island |
Port Richey |
Rayne |
Warren |
St. Albans |
Easley |
Ukiah |
Little Falls |
Huron |
Silvercreek |
Ely |
Savage |
Budd Lake |
Emmitsburg |
Montebello |
Fairview (Erie) |
Menlo Park |
St. Paul |
Point South |
Seguin |
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| I think the best pictures are often on the edges | I think you have to have a real point of view |
| of any situation, I don't find photographing the | that's your own. You have to tell it your way. |
| situation nearly as interesting as | And, I think that it's a mistake to shoot for a |
| photographing the edges. - William Albert | specific magazine's point of view because it's |
| Allard | never going to be as good. You have to shoot |
| | for yourself and photograph [the way] you |
| Keep it simple. - Alfred Eienstaedt | believe it. - Mary Ellen Mark |
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| Sometimes you can tell a large story with a | You've got to push yourself harder. You've got |
| tiny subject. - Eliot Porter | to start looking for pictures nobody else could |
| | take. You've got to take the tools you have and |
| | probe deeper. - William Albert Allard |
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