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> [Poetry is my first love. Photography often fails to look into things. It looks at things. Poetry is so much more truthful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-towell/poetry-is-my-first-love-photography-often-fails-to-look-into-things/)

[Larry Towell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-towell/)

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## More by Larry Towell

> [If there’s one theme that connects all my work, I think it’s that of land-lessness; how land makes people into who they are and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-towell/if-there-s-one-theme-that-connects-all-my-work-i-think-it-s-that-of/)

[Larry Towell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-towell/)

> [Be yourself and look outside of yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-towell/be-yourself-and-look-outside-of-yourself/)

[Larry Towell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-towell/)

> [Poetry is my first love. Photography often fails to look into things. It looks at things. Poetry is so much more truthful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-towell/poetry-is-my-first-love-photography-often-fails-to-look-into-things/)

[Larry Towell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-towell/)

> [... photojournalism has its tremendous rewards and it's wonderful work. In what other work can you wander aimlessly with a camera around your neck,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-towell/photojournalism-has-its-tremendous-rewards-and-it-s-wonderful-work-in/)

[Larry Towell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-towell/)

> [People aren’t photographing for history any more. It’s for immediate gratification. If you’re photographing to share an image, you’re not photographing to keep it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-towell/people-aren-t-photographing-for-history-any-more-it-s-for-immediate/)

[Larry Towell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-towell/)

> [My wife Ann and I had been digging during the day, transplanting lilies from the front of this abandoned farmhouse back down the road…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-towell/my-wife-ann-and-i-had-been-digging-during-the-day-transplanting/)

[Larry Towell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-towell/)

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