for the obvious reason that nature - unadulterated and unimproved by man - is simply chaos. In fact, the camera proves that… — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
The photographer's most important and likewise most difficult task is not learning to manage his camera, or to develop, or to print.… — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
Very often people looking at my pictures say, 'You must have had to wait a long time to get that cloud just… — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
People who wouldn't think of taking a sieve to the well to draw water fail to see the folly in taking a… — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
"Only with effort can the camera be forced to lie: basically it is an honest medium: so the photographer is much more… — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
The camera should be used for a recording of life, for rendering the very substance and quintessence of the thing itself, whether… — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
I was extravagant in the matter of cameras - anything photographic - I had to have the best. But that was to… — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
It's hard not to tell the truth with a camera. Artists are particularly good at that. — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
My own eyes are no more than scouts on a preliminary search, or the camera's eye may entirely change my idea. — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
I start with no preconceived idea - discovery excites me to focus - then rediscovery through the lens - final form of… — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
My own eyes are no more than scouts on a preliminary search, for the camera's eye may entirely change my idea, even… — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
I don't care if you make a print on a bath mat, just as long as it is a good print. — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
Since the recording process is instantaneous, and the nature of the image such that it cannot survive corrective handwork, it is obvious that the… — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
for the obvious reason that nature - unadulterated and unimproved by man - is simply chaos. In fact, the camera proves that nature is… — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
Now one does not think during creative work: any more than one thinks when driving a car. One has a background of years —… — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
The photographer's most important and likewise most difficult task is not learning to manage his camera, or to develop, or to print. It is… — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
......so called “composition” becomes a personal thing, to be developed along with technique, as a personal way of seeing. — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
Very often people looking at my pictures say, 'You must have had to wait a long time to get that cloud just right (or… — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
An excellent conception can be quite obscured by faulty technical execution or clarified by faultless technique. — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
I would say to any artist: Don't be repressed in your work, dare to experiment, consider any urge, if in a new direction all… — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
Ultimately success or failure in photographing people depends on the photographer's ability to understand his fellow man. — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
Consulting the rules of composition before taking a photograph, is like consulting the laws of gravity before going for a walk. — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
