| Now to consult the rules of composition before | ...words and pictures can work together to |
| making a picture is a little like consulting the | communicate more powerfully than either |
| law of gravitation before going for a walk. | alone. -William Albert Allard |
| Such rules and laws are deduced from the | |
| accomplished fact; they are the products of | I think you have to have a real point of view |
| reflection . . . - Edward Weston | that's your own. You have to tell it your way. |
| | And, I think that it's a mistake to shoot for a |
| [Photography] is a way of feeling, of touching, | specific magazine's point of view because it's |
| of loving. What you have caught on film is | never going to be as good. You have to shoot |
| captured forever . . . it remembers little things, | for yourself and photograph [the way] you |
| long after you have forgotten everything. | believe it. - Mary Ellen Mark |
| - Aaron Siskind | |
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| I think the best pictures are often on the edges | Photography suits the temper of this ageof |
| of any situation, I don't find photographing the | active bodies and minds. It is a perfect |
| situation nearly as interesting as | medium for one whose mind is teeming with |
| photographing the edges. - William Albert | ideas, imagery, for a prolific worker who |
| Allard | would be slowed down by painting or |
| | sculpting, for one who sees quickly and acts |
| A great photograph is one that fully expresses | decisively, accurately. - Edward Weston |
| what one feels, in the deepest sense, about | |
| what is being photographed. - Ansel | I almost never set out to photograph a |
| Adams | landscape, nor do I think of my camera as a |
| | means of recording a mountain or an animal |
| | unless I absolutely need a 'record shot'. My |
| | first thought is always of light. - Galen |
| | Rowell |
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