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• The immortal photographers will be straightforward photographers, those who do not rely on tricks or special techniques.
• Of the thousands of people, celebrated and unknown, who have sat before my camera, I am often asked who was the most…
• A true portrait should, today and a hundred years from today, the Testimony of how this person looked and what kind of…
• I try to photograph her beauty; with a man I try to show his character. Once I photographed a man with a…
• A good portrait is incredibly hard to create, there is too much temptation to pander to the individual rather than portray them…
• When you ask a person to jump, his attention is mostly directed toward the act of jumping and the mask falls so…
• In a jump, the subject, in a sudden burst of energy, overcomes gravity. He cannot simultaneously control his expressions, his facial and…
• I know of few actresses who have this incredible talent for communicating with a camera lens. She would try to seduce a…
• Marilyn was history's most phenomenal love goddess.
• The head of the photographer is more important than his camera
• Most people stiffen with self-consciousness when they pose for a photograph. Lighting and fine camera equipment are useless if the photographer cannot…
• I make the woman look at the camera as a symbol of all the eyes that will see the picture I am…

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