| I almost never set out to photograph a | Now to consult the rules of composition before |
| landscape, nor do I think of my camera as a | making a picture is a little like consulting the |
| means of recording a mountain or an animal | law of gravitation before going for a walk. |
| unless I absolutely need a 'record shot'. My | Such rules and laws are deduced from the |
| first thought is always of light. - Galen | accomplished fact; they are the products of |
| Rowell | reflection . . . - Edward Weston |
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| My own eyes are no more than scouts on a | Photography takes an instant out of time, |
| preliminary search, for the camera's eye may | altering life by holding it still. - Dorothea |
| entirely change my idea. - Edward | Lange |
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| I think you have to have a real point of view | Keep it simple. - Alfred Eienstaedt |
| that's your own. You have to tell it your way. | |
| And, I think that it's a mistake to shoot for a | I think the best pictures are often on the edges |
| specific magazine's point of view because it's | of any situation, I don't find photographing the |
| never going to be as good. You have to shoot | situation nearly as interesting as |
| for yourself and photograph [the way] you | photographing the edges. - William Albert |
| believe it. - Mary Ellen Mark | Allard |
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| Photography knows how to authenticate its | A picture is the expression of an impression. If |
| misrepresentations. - Mason Cooley | the beautiful were not in us, how would we |
| | ever recognize it? - Ernst Haas |
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