| Now to consult the rules of composition before | I think you have to have a real point of view |
| making a picture is a little like consulting the | that's your own. You have to tell it your way. |
| law of gravitation before going for a walk. | And, I think that it's a mistake to shoot for a |
| Such rules and laws are deduced from the | specific magazine's point of view because it's |
| accomplished fact; they are the products of | never going to be as good. You have to shoot |
| reflection . . . - Edward Weston | for yourself and photograph [the way] you |
| | believe it. - Mary Ellen Mark |
| [Photography] is a way of feeling, of touching, | |
| of loving. What you have caught on film is | Memory is very important, the memory of |
| captured forever . . . it remembers little things, | each photo taken, flowing at the same speed |
| long after you have forgotten everything. | as the event. During the work, you have to be |
| - Aaron Siskind | sure that you haven't left any holes, that you've |
| | captured everything, because afterwards it will |
| | be too late. - Henri Cartier Bresson |
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| My own eyes are no more than scouts on a | You can find pictures anywhere. It's simply a |
| preliminary search, for the camera's eye may | matter of noticing things and organizing them. |
| entirely change my idea. - Edward | You just have to care about what's around you |
| Weston | and have a concern with humanity and the |
| | human comedy. - Elliott Erwitt |
| A mad, keen photographer needs to get out | |
| into the world and work and make mistakes. | You learn to see by practice. It's just like |
| - Sam Abell | playing tennis, you get better the more you |
| | play. The more you look around at things, the |
| The camera makes everyone a tourist in other | more you see. The more you photograph, the |
| people's reality. - Susan Sontag | more you realize what can be photographed |
| | and what can't be photographed. You just have |
| | to keep doing it. - Eliot Porter |
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