| Photography records the gamut of feelings | You can find pictures anywhere. It's simply a |
| written on the human face, the beauty of the | matter of noticing things and organizing them. |
| earth and skies that man has inherited and the | You just have to care about what's around you |
| wealth and confusion man has created. | and have a concern with humanity and the |
| - Edward Steichen | human comedy. - Elliott Erwitt |
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| Photography is a major force in explaining | You learn to see by practice. It's just like |
| man to man. - Edward Steichen | playing tennis, you get better the more you |
| | play. The more you look around at things, the |
| I think you have to have a real point of view | more you see. The more you photograph, the |
| that's your own. You have to tell it your way. | more you realize what can be photographed |
| And, I think that it's a mistake to shoot for a | and what can't be photographed. You just have |
| specific magazine's point of view because it's | to keep doing it. - Eliot Porter |
| never going to be as good. You have to shoot | |
| for yourself and photograph [the way] you | |
| believe it. - Mary Ellen Mark | |
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| Now to consult the rules of composition before | Photography suits the temper of this ageof |
| making a picture is a little like consulting the | active bodies and minds. It is a perfect |
| law of gravitation before going for a walk. | medium for one whose mind is teeming with |
| Such rules and laws are deduced from the | ideas, imagery, for a prolific worker who |
| accomplished fact; they are the products of | would be slowed down by painting or |
| reflection . . . - Edward Weston | sculpting, for one who sees quickly and acts |
| | decisively, accurately. - Edward Weston |
| There is nothing worse than a sharp image of | |
| a fuzzy concept. - Ansel Adams | My own eyes are no more than scouts on a |
| | preliminary search, for the camera's eye may |
| | entirely change my idea. - Edward |
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