| I think you have to have a real point of view | Photography suits the temper of this ageof |
| that's your own. You have to tell it your way. | active bodies and minds. It is a perfect |
| And, I think that it's a mistake to shoot for a | medium for one whose mind is teeming with |
| specific magazine's point of view because it's | ideas, imagery, for a prolific worker who |
| never going to be as good. You have to shoot | would be slowed down by painting or |
| for yourself and photograph [the way] you | sculpting, for one who sees quickly and acts |
| believe it. - Mary Ellen Mark | decisively, accurately. - Edward Weston |
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| Pictures you have taken have an influence on | One should really use the camera as though |
| those that you are going to make. | tomorrow you'd be stricken blind. |
| That's life! - John Sexton | - Dorothea Lange |
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Miami |
New York |
Seattle |
St. Louis |
Wilmington |
Scottsdale |
Albuquerque |
Kalamazoo |
Florence |
Daytona Beach |
Loveland |
Long Island City |
Maryland Heights |
Sikeston |
Douglassville |
Stockton |
Elyria |
Ashland |
Morrilton |
Mount Arlington |
Camilla |
Paradise |
Moundsview |
Lexington |
Clear Lake |
Kingston |
Poulsbo |
John Day |
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| Now to consult the rules of composition before | A picture is the expression of an impression. If |
| making a picture is a little like consulting the | the beautiful were not in us, how would we |
| law of gravitation before going for a walk. | ever recognize it? - Ernst Haas |
| Such rules and laws are deduced from the | |
| accomplished fact; they are the products of | I think the best pictures are often on the edges |
| reflection . . . - Edward Weston | of any situation, I don't find photographing the |
| | situation nearly as interesting as |
| Photography is my passion. - Alfred | photographing the edges. - William Albert |
| Stieglitz | Allard |
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