| A picture is the expression of an impression. If | Photography suits the temper of this ageof |
| the beautiful were not in us, how would we | active bodies and minds. It is a perfect |
| ever recognize it? - Ernst Haas | medium for one whose mind is teeming with |
| | ideas, imagery, for a prolific worker who |
| I think the best pictures are often on the edges | would be slowed down by painting or |
| of any situation, I don't find photographing the | sculpting, for one who sees quickly and acts |
| situation nearly as interesting as | decisively, accurately. - Edward Weston |
| photographing the edges. - William Albert | |
| Allard | I almost never set out to photograph a |
| | landscape, nor do I think of my camera as a |
| | means of recording a mountain or an animal |
| | unless I absolutely need a 'record shot'. My |
| | first thought is always of light. - Galen |
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Scottsdale |
San Antonio |
Philadelphia |
Glendale |
Braintree |
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North Hollywood |
Belleville |
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Live Oak |
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Malvern |
Cartersville |
Ennis |
Monticello |
Milwaukie |
Great Falls |
Arden |
Santa Barbara |
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| Photography records the gamut of feelings | It is not the language of painters but the |
| written on the human face, the beauty of the | language of nature which one should listen to. |
| earth and skies that man has inherited and the | . . . The feeling for the things themselves, for |
| wealth and confusion man has created. | reality, is more important than the feeling for |
| - Edward Steichen | pictures. - Vincent Van Gogh |
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| I think you have to have a real point of view | Now to consult the rules of composition before |
| that's your own. You have to tell it your way. | making a picture is a little like consulting the |
| And, I think that it's a mistake to shoot for a | law of gravitation before going for a walk. |
| specific magazine's point of view because it's | Such rules and laws are deduced from the |
| never going to be as good. You have to shoot | accomplished fact; they are the products of |
| for yourself and photograph [the way] you | reflection . . . - Edward Weston |
| believe it. - Mary Ellen Mark | |
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