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title: "1 Camera Just Quotes By Whitney Otto"
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> [“If the photographer isn't going to pay attention to the picture he is making, that if he thinks the camera is just a machine and not an avenue of expression, then he has no business asking anyone for anything, let…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whitney-otto/if-the-photographer-isn-t-going-to-pay-attention-to-the-picture-he-is/)

[Whitney Otto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whitney-otto/)

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## More by Whitney Otto

> [“But any picture could deal with the problem of light. The problem with this picture is greater than that of reflective surfaces - it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whitney-otto/but-any-picture-could-deal-with-the-problem-of-light-the-problem-with/)

[Whitney Otto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whitney-otto/)

> [“S\_\_\_ likes being around other people; she just isn't particularly comfortable talking to them. She supposes that she is some variety of voyeur, enjoying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whitney-otto/s-likes-being-around-other-people-she-just-isn-t-particularly/)

[Whitney Otto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whitney-otto/)

> [“You have to choose your combinations careful. The right choices will enhance your quilt. The wrong choices will dull the colors and hide their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whitney-otto/you-have-to-choose-your-combinations-careful-the-right-choices-will/)

[Whitney Otto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whitney-otto/)

> [“If I photograph you in the shadows, you become mysterious, perhaps unknowable. If I light you from above, so your eyelashes throw shadows on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whitney-otto/if-i-photograph-you-in-the-shadows-you-become-mysterious-perhaps/)

[Whitney Otto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whitney-otto/)

> [“I have an affection for those transitional seasons, the way they take the edge off the intense cold of winter, or heat of summer.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whitney-otto/i-have-an-affection-for-those-transitional-seasons-the-way-they-take/)

[Whitney Otto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whitney-otto/)

> [“…that would be too much like running away, and that, she would not do. She does not run—they cannot make her—she walks.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whitney-otto/that-would-be-too-much-like-running-away-and-that-she-would-not-do/)

[Whitney Otto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whitney-otto/)

> [“Julius explained that the palace rooms where they stood were called Wunderkammers, or wonder rooms. Souvenirs of nature, of travels across continents and seas;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whitney-otto/julius-explained-that-the-palace-rooms-where-they-stood-were-called/)

[Whitney Otto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whitney-otto/)

> [Why are old lovers able to become friends? Two reasons. They never truly loved each other, or they love each other still](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whitney-otto/why-are-old-lovers-able-to-become-friends-two-reasons-they-never/)

[Whitney Otto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whitney-otto/)

> [“If the photographer isn't going to pay attention to the picture he is making, that if he thinks the camera is just a machine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whitney-otto/if-the-photographer-isn-t-going-to-pay-attention-to-the-picture-he-is/)

[Whitney Otto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whitney-otto/)

> [“She remembered her fingers threaded through his hair and his kisses in places that made her long for him years later.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whitney-otto/she-remembered-her-fingers-threaded-through-his-hair-and-his-kisses/)

[Whitney Otto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whitney-otto/)

> [“No one knows how another person feels in private.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whitney-otto/no-one-knows-how-another-person-feels-in-private/)

[Whitney Otto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whitney-otto/)

> [“No one fights dirtier or more brutally than blood; only family knows it’s own weaknesses, the exact placement of the heart. The tragedy is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whitney-otto/no-one-fights-dirtier-or-more-brutally-than-blood-only-family-knows/)

[Whitney Otto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whitney-otto/)

> [“She believed, as others did, that a camera was good for more than recording the world. A photograph wasn't a response to something; it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whitney-otto/she-believed-as-others-did-that-a-camera-was-good-for-more-than/)

[Whitney Otto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whitney-otto/)

> [“...but she never knew what it was like to walk away from the thing she had most wanted. Years later she would say, "Photography…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whitney-otto/but-she-never-knew-what-it-was-like-to-walk-away-from-the-thing-she/)

[Whitney Otto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whitney-otto/)

> [“Money buys things that people with money never even realize they’ve bought, like time and freedom. -- Whitney Otto”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whitney-otto/money-buys-things-that-people-with-money-never-even-realize-they-ve/)

[Whitney Otto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whitney-otto/)

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