Portrait photography never had any charms for me, so I sought my subjects from the house-tops, and finally from the hill-tops and about the surrounding country; the taste strengthening as my successes became greater in proportion to the failures. — William Henry Jackson Copy Share Image
Since 1873, I have been back four or five times. I have used the best cameras and the most sensitive emulsions on the market.… — William Henry Jackson Copy Share Image
And if any work that I have done should have value beyond my own lifetime, I believe it will be the happy labors of… — William Henry Jackson Copy Share Image
In living, as in art, rules are drawn from practice; not the other way around. — William Henry Jackson Copy Share Image
[The building of the transcontinental railway] was something truly earth-shaking and, whether or not there had been a dime in it for me, sooner… — William Henry Jackson Copy Share Image
Portrait photography never had any charms for me, so I sought my subjects from the house-tops, and finally from the hill-tops and about the… — William Henry Jackson Copy Share Image
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