| Photography is a major force in explaining | A great photograph is one that fully expresses |
| man to man. - Edward Steichen | what one feels, in the deepest sense, about |
| | what is being photographed. - Ansel |
| Photography knows how to authenticate its | Adams |
| misrepresentations. - Mason Cooley | |
| | A good picture is equivalent to a good deed. |
| Photography records the gamut of feelings | - Vincent Van Gogh |
| written on the human face, the beauty of the | |
| earth and skies that man has inherited and the | Keep it simple. - Alfred Eienstaedt |
| wealth and confusion man has created. | |
| - Edward Steichen | |
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Lake Charles |
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Grand Island |
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| Now to consult the rules of composition before | A mad, keen photographer needs to get out |
| making a picture is a little like consulting the | into the world and work and make mistakes. |
| law of gravitation before going for a walk. | - Sam Abell |
| Such rules and laws are deduced from the | |
| accomplished fact; they are the products of | The camera makes everyone a tourist in other |
| reflection . . . - Edward Weston | people's reality. - Susan Sontag |
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| "Simply look with perceptive eyes at the | I almost never set out to photograph a |
| world about you, and trust to your own | landscape, nor do I think of my camera as a |
| reactions and convictions. Ask yourself: | means of recording a mountain or an animal |
| "Does this subject move me to feel, think | unless I absolutely need a 'record shot'. My |
| and dream? Can I visualize a print - my own | first thought is always of light. - Galen |
| personal statement of what I feel and want to | Rowell |
| convey - from the subject before me?" | |
| - Ansel Adams | |
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