| Now to consult the rules of composition before | A picture is the expression of an impression. If |
| making a picture is a little like consulting the | the beautiful were not in us, how would we |
| law of gravitation before going for a walk. | ever recognize it? - Ernst Haas |
| Such rules and laws are deduced from the | |
| accomplished fact; they are the products of | A great photograph is one that fully expresses |
| reflection . . . - Edward Weston | what one feels, in the deepest sense, about |
| | what is being photographed. - Ansel |
| "Simply look with perceptive eyes at the | Adams |
| world about you, and trust to your own | |
| reactions and convictions. Ask yourself: | No place is boring, if you've had a good |
| "Does this subject move me to feel, think | night's sleep and have a pocket full of |
| and dream? Can I visualize a print - my own | unexposed film. - Robert Adams |
| personal statement of what I feel and want to | |
| convey - from the subject before me?" | |
| - Ansel Adams | |
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| Photography records the gamut of feelings | The camera makes everyone a tourist in other |
| written on the human face, the beauty of the | people's reality. - Susan Sontag |
| earth and skies that man has inherited and the | |
| wealth and confusion man has created. | Photography suits the temper of this ageof |
| - Edward Steichen | active bodies and minds. It is a perfect |
| | medium for one whose mind is teeming with |
| Photography is a major force in explaining | ideas, imagery, for a prolific worker who |
| man to man. - Edward Steichen | would be slowed down by painting or |
| | sculpting, for one who sees quickly and acts |
| Photography is about finding out what can | decisively, accurately. - Edward Weston |
| happen in the frame. When you put four | |
| edges around some facts, you change those | |
| facts. - Gary Winogrand | |
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