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title: "4 Photography Writing Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [Most photographers go and photograph something that they see, that exists, and that somebody else has created - they document it. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-testino/most-photographers-go-and-photograph-something-that-they-see-that/)

[Mario Testino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-testino/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2da/mario-testino-9405_decor_most-photographers-go-and-photograph-som_324501.jpg)

> [My intention, certainly, is to create something which is aesthetic but many things are implicit in the work that I do. For…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/graciela-iturbide/my-intention-certainly-is-to-create-something-which-is-aesthetic-but/)

[Graciela Iturbide](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/graciela-iturbide/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf2/graciela-iturbide-34542_aesthetic_my-intention-certainly-is-to-create-some_688088.jpg)

> [Photography and writing are marvelous distractions from painting. I might even have found movies more interesting than photography. I tried it a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-henri-lartigue/photography-and-writing-are-marvelous-distractions-from-painting-i/)

[Jacques-Henri Lartigue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-henri-lartigue/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef8/jacques-henri-lartigue-32723_bits_photography-and-writing-are-marvelous-di_755800.png)

> [Somebody once said to me that photography and writing don't get respect because people think that they can do it, too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danielle-steel/somebody-once-said-to-me-that-photography-and-writing-don-t-get/)

[Danielle Steel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danielle-steel/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/562/danielle-steel-1674_can-do_somebody-once-said-to-me-that-photograph_2274538.jpg)

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