| The virtue of the camera is not the power it | Now to consult the rules of composition before |
| has to transform the photographer into an | making a picture is a little like consulting the |
| artist, but the impulse it gives him to keep on | law of gravitation before going for a walk. |
| looking. - Brooks Anderson | Such rules and laws are deduced from the |
| | accomplished fact; they are the products of |
| A mad, keen photographer needs to get out | reflection . . . - Edward Weston |
| into the world and work and make mistakes. | |
| - Sam Abell | Photography is my passion. - Alfred |
| | Stieglitz |
| Photography suits the temper of this ageof | |
| active bodies and minds. It is a perfect | |
| medium for one whose mind is teeming with | |
| 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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| No place is boring, if you've had a good | I think you have to have a real point of view |
| night's sleep and have a pocket full of | that's your own. You have to tell it your way. |
| unexposed film. - Robert Adams | And, I think that it's a mistake to shoot for a |
| | specific magazine's point of view because it's |
| Keep it simple. - Alfred Eienstaedt | never going to be as good. You have to shoot |
| | for yourself and photograph [the way] you |
| Sometimes you can tell a large story with a | believe it. - Mary Ellen Mark |
| tiny subject. - Eliot Porter | |
| | Photography knows how to authenticate its |
| A great photograph is one that fully expresses | misrepresentations. - Mason Cooley |
| what one feels, in the deepest sense, about | |
| what is being photographed. - Ansel | |
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