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• It is part of the photographer's job to see more intensely than most people do. He must have and keep in him…
• I consider it essential that the photographer should do his own printing and enlarging. The final effect of the finished print depends…
• Photography has no rules, it is not a sport. It is the result which counts, no matter how it is achieved.
• Photography is still a very new medium and everything must be tried and dare.
• I am not interested in rules or conventions. Photography is not a sport.
• But I did not always know just what it was I wanted to photograph. I believe it is important for a photographer…
• I am not very interested in extraordinary angles. They can be effective on certain occasions, but I do not feel the necessity…
• By temperament I am not unduly excitable and certainly not trigger-happy. I think twice before I shoot and very often do not…
• If there is any method in the way I take pictures, I believe it lies in this: See the subject first. Do…
• It is essential for the photographer to know the effect of his lenses. The lens is his eye, and it makes or…
• Photography is not a sport. It has no rules. Everything must be dared and tried!
• When I began to photograph nudes, I let myself be guided by this camera, and instead of photographing what I saw, I…

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