| 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 | You learn to see by practice. It's just like |
| reflection . . . - Edward Weston | playing tennis, you get better the more you |
| | play. The more you look around at things, the |
| "Simply look with perceptive eyes at the | more you see. The more you photograph, the |
| world about you, and trust to your own | more you realize what can be photographed |
| reactions and convictions. Ask yourself: | and what can't be photographed. You just have |
| "Does this subject move me to feel, think | to keep doing it. - Eliot Porter |
| and dream? Can I visualize a print - my own | |
| personal statement of what I feel and want to | |
| convey - from the subject before me?" | |
| - Ansel Adams | |
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Brooklyn |
Baltimore |
Baton Rouge |
Richmond |
Shreveport |
Arlington |
Fresno |
Omaha |
Amarillo |
Decatur |
Hattiesburg |
Troy |
Lake Forest |
Ogdensburg |
Tamarac |
Bellflower |
Dothan |
Raleigh |
Lenoir City |
Bessemer |
Wayne |
Big Bear Lake |
Beaver Dam |
Sealy |
High Point |
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| I almost never set out to photograph a | Photography knows how to authenticate its |
| landscape, nor do I think of my camera as a | misrepresentations. - Mason Cooley |
| means of recording a mountain or an animal | |
| unless I absolutely need a 'record shot'. My | Photography is about finding out what can |
| first thought is always of light. - Galen | happen in the frame. When you put four |
| Rowell | edges around some facts, you change those |
| | facts. - Gary Winogrand |
| Photography suits the temper of this ageof | |
| active bodies and minds. It is a perfect | I think you have to have a real point of view |
| medium for one whose mind is teeming with | that's your own. You have to tell it your way. |
| ideas, imagery, for a prolific worker who | And, I think that it's a mistake to shoot for a |
| would be slowed down by painting or | specific magazine's point of view because it's |
| sculpting, for one who sees quickly and acts | never going to be as good. You have to shoot |
| decisively, accurately. - Edward Weston | for yourself and photograph [the way] you |
| | believe it. - Mary Ellen Mark |
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