| A great photograph is one that fully expresses | It is not the language of painters but the |
| what one feels, in the deepest sense, about | language of nature which one should listen to. |
| what is being photographed. - Ansel | . . . The feeling for the things themselves, for |
| Adams | reality, is more important than the feeling for |
| | pictures. - Vincent Van Gogh |
| A picture is the expression of an impression. If | |
| the beautiful were not in us, how would we | Now to consult the rules of composition before |
| ever recognize it? - Ernst Haas | making a picture is a little like consulting the |
| | law of gravitation before going for a walk. |
| Keep it simple. - Alfred Eienstaedt | Such rules and laws are deduced from the |
| | accomplished fact; they are the products of |
| | reflection . . . - Edward Weston |
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| I almost never set out to photograph a | I think you have to have a real point of view |
| landscape, nor do I think of my camera as a | that's your own. You have to tell it your way. |
| means of recording a mountain or an animal | And, I think that it's a mistake to shoot for a |
| unless I absolutely need a 'record shot'. My | specific magazine's point of view because it's |
| first thought is always of light. - Galen | never going to be as good. You have to shoot |
| Rowell | for yourself and photograph [the way] you |
| | believe it. - Mary Ellen Mark |
| The camera makes everyone a tourist in other | |
| people's reality. - Susan Sontag | Pictures you have taken have an influence on |
| | those that you are going to make. |
| | That's life! - John Sexton |
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