| A picture is the expression of an impression. If | Now to consult the rules of composition before |
| the beautiful were not in us, how would we | making a picture is a little like consulting the |
| ever recognize it? - Ernst Haas | law of gravitation before going for a walk. |
| | Such rules and laws are deduced from the |
| A great photograph is one that fully expresses | accomplished fact; they are the products of |
| what one feels, in the deepest sense, about | reflection . . . - Edward Weston |
| what is being photographed. - Ansel | |
| Adams | "Simply look with perceptive eyes at the |
| | world about you, and trust to your own |
| I think the best pictures are often on the edges | reactions and convictions. Ask yourself: |
| of any situation, I don't find photographing the | "Does this subject move me to feel, think |
| situation nearly as interesting as | and dream? Can I visualize a print - my own |
| photographing the edges. - William Albert | personal statement of what I feel and want to |
| Allard | convey - from the subject before me?" |
| | - Ansel Adams |
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| I think you have to have a real point of view | One should really use the camera as though |
| that's your own. You have to tell it your way. | tomorrow you'd be stricken blind. |
| And, I think that it's a mistake to shoot for a | - Dorothea Lange |
| specific magazine's point of view because it's | |
| never going to be as good. You have to shoot | The camera makes everyone a tourist in other |
| for yourself and photograph [the way] you | people's reality. - Susan Sontag |
| believe it. - Mary Ellen Mark | |
| | Photography suits the temper of this ageof |
| Pictures you have taken have an influence on | active bodies and minds. It is a perfect |
| those that you are going to make. | medium for one whose mind is teeming with |
| That's life! - John Sexton | ideas, imagery, for a prolific worker who |
| | would be slowed down by painting or |
| | sculpting, for one who sees quickly and acts |
| | decisively, accurately. - Edward Weston |
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