| Now to consult the rules of composition before | I almost never set out to photograph a |
| making a picture is a little like consulting the | landscape, nor do I think of my camera as a |
| law of gravitation before going for a walk. | means of recording a mountain or an animal |
| Such rules and laws are deduced from the | unless I absolutely need a 'record shot'. My |
| accomplished fact; they are the products of | first thought is always of light. - Galen |
| reflection . . . - Edward Weston | Rowell |
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| It is not the language of painters but the | My own eyes are no more than scouts on a |
| language of nature which one should listen to. | preliminary search, for the camera's eye may |
| . . . The feeling for the things themselves, for | entirely change my idea. - Edward |
| reality, is more important than the feeling for | Weston |
| pictures. - Vincent Van Gogh | |
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Houston |
Jacksonville |
Des Moines |
Louisville |
Warren |
Walnut Creek |
Inglewood |
Garden Grove |
Birmingham |
St. Marys |
Centreville |
Louisa |
Whiteville |
Antigo |
Ceres |
Manning |
Erie |
Calhoun |
Mechanicsville |
Lockport |
Thedford |
Averill Park |
Jackson |
Tybee Island |
Mount Laurel |
Greenville |
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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 | You can find pictures anywhere. It's simply a |
| specific magazine's point of view because it's | matter of noticing things and organizing them. |
| never going to be as good. You have to shoot | You just have to care about what's around you |
| for yourself and photograph [the way] you | and have a concern with humanity and the |
| believe it. - Mary Ellen Mark | human comedy. - Elliott Erwitt |
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| Photography is a major force in explaining | No place is boring, if you've had a good |
| man to man. - Edward Steichen | night's sleep and have a pocket full of |
| | unexposed film. - Robert Adams |
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