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title: "2 Canon Quotes By Jeff Vespa"
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> [ The Canon AE1 - a fully manual camera. \[My mother\] had a 50mm, which is a standard lens, and then I got a 28mm. Then I started a little punk magazine, a zine, when I was 14 or 15 years… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-vespa/the-canon-ae1-a-fully-manual-camera-my-mother-had-a-50mm-which-is-a/)

[Jeff Vespa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-vespa/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15e/jeff-vespa-25539_cameras_the-canon-ae1-a-fully-manual-camera-my-m_307429.jpg)

> [My mom had a Canon AE1 camera and I read the manual and that's basically how I became a photographer. I was in the Baltimore punk scene. I knew it was a special time, so I went out and documented…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-vespa/my-mom-had-a-canon-ae1-camera-and-i-read-the-manual-and-that-s/)

[Jeff Vespa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-vespa/)

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## More by Jeff Vespa

> [ My mom had bought this camera to take classes herself and I remember working with her on it, understanding how the stop-motion \[worked\], having… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-vespa/my-mom-had-bought-this-camera-to-take-classes-herself-and-i-remember/)

[Jeff Vespa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-vespa/)

> [ The Canon AE1 - a fully manual camera. \[My mother\] had a 50mm, which is a standard lens, and then I got a 28mm.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-vespa/the-canon-ae1-a-fully-manual-camera-my-mother-had-a-50mm-which-is-a/)

[Jeff Vespa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-vespa/)

> [That was my experience with everybody in the book. That was what was so cool. It's just an excuse to hang out with people.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-vespa/that-was-my-experience-with-everybody-in-the-book-that-was-what-was/)

[Jeff Vespa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-vespa/)

> [Yeah, it's just a lame term. I wish it was "movie star." That's a much better term than celebrity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-vespa/yeah-it-s-just-a-lame-term-i-wish-it-was-movie-star-that-s-a-much/)

[Jeff Vespa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-vespa/)

> [My teacher introduced me to this photographer Eugène Atget. He was a French photographer in the late 1800s up until 1927 in Paris. He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-vespa/my-teacher-introduced-me-to-this-photographer-eug-ne-atget-he-was-a/)

[Jeff Vespa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-vespa/)

> [I was fooling around one day and looking at Yahoo! Jobs. I typed in "photo" and, of course, what comes up is "One hour…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-vespa/i-was-fooling-around-one-day-and-looking-at-yahoo-jobs-i-typed-in/)

[Jeff Vespa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-vespa/)

> [There were just moments of the punk scene and I realized that I had to capture it. There was also this photographer in our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-vespa/there-were-just-moments-of-the-punk-scene-and-i-realized-that-i-had/)

[Jeff Vespa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-vespa/)

> [I was doing a lot of web design at the time. And anybody that has an agent thinks, "Why do I need an agent?"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-vespa/i-was-doing-a-lot-of-web-design-at-the-time-and-anybody-that-has-an/)

[Jeff Vespa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-vespa/)

> [Only sometimes I try to think about it in context. When I think about the context of, "Oh, I'm this or that," in this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-vespa/only-sometimes-i-try-to-think-about-it-in-context-when-i-think-about/)

[Jeff Vespa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-vespa/)

> [I always wanted to live in L.A. The other thing that always inspired me was movies; that's why I'm here. I always wanted to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-vespa/i-always-wanted-to-live-in-l-a-the-other-thing-that-always-inspired/)

[Jeff Vespa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-vespa/)

> [My mom had a Canon AE1 camera and I read the manual and that's basically how I became a photographer. I was in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-vespa/my-mom-had-a-canon-ae1-camera-and-i-read-the-manual-and-that-s/)

[Jeff Vespa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-vespa/)

> [Learning that aesthetic as a kid - seeing those photos - made me think that that's what photos are supposed to look like. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-vespa/learning-that-aesthetic-as-a-kid-seeing-those-photos-made-me-think/)

[Jeff Vespa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-vespa/)

> [Well, I talk about one moment in the book, but I don't know if that's my moment of discovery. It was a moment. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-vespa/well-i-talk-about-one-moment-in-the-book-but-i-don-t-know-if-that-s/)

[Jeff Vespa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-vespa/)

> [A lot of people have done that over the years. Many of the agencies today were started by photographers. It's a normal progression. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-vespa/a-lot-of-people-have-done-that-over-the-years-many-of-the-agencies/)

[Jeff Vespa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-vespa/)

> [I ended up meeting this guy Stefan Simchowitz, who produced Requiem for a Dream and also went to AFI. I randomly met him in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-vespa/i-ended-up-meeting-this-guy-stefan-simchowitz-who-produced-requiem/)

[Jeff Vespa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-vespa/)

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