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The photographer Ruth Bernhard used to tell me that this is like asking somebody how they evolved their signature. It is not…
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I do have strong convictions and political opinions, but I don't think it's necessary to imbue my photographic work with them. I…
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I find that when one has worked long enough, technical know-how becomes almost irrelevant. In photography, it's not difficult to reach a…
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I often think of my work as visual haiku. It is an attempt to evoke and suggest through as few elements as…
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It's possible to think of photography as an act of editing, a matter of where you put your rectangle pull it out…
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The first time, I usually skim off the outer layer and end up with photographs that are fairly obvious. The second time,…
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Getting photographs is not the most important thing. For me it's the act of photographing. It's enlightening, therapeutic and satisfying, because the…
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I gravitate towards places where humans have been and are no more, to the edge of man's influence, where the elements are…
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Parks and gardens are the quintessential intimate landscapes. People use them all the time, leaving their energy and memories behind. It's what's…
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Perhaps most intriguing of all is that it is possible to photograph what is impossible for the human eye to see -…
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Nothing is ever the same twice because everything is always gone forever, and yet each moment has infinite photographic possibilities.
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I like to be fascinated by the people I photograph. Sometimes I don't admire them but I'm interested in them.
— Eric Cantona
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My portraits are more about me than they are about the people I photograph.
— Richard Avedon
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I photograph to see what the world looks like in photographs.
— Garry Winogrand
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I photograph from the heart. I adore little babies and I think that shows. My images are really very positive, very simple,…
— Anne Geddes
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I feel all things as dynamic events, being, changing, and interacting with each other in space and time even as I photograph…
— Wynn Bullock
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What is important to my work is the individual picture. I photograph stories on assignment, and of course they have to be…
— Steve McCurry
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I photograph only something that has to do with me, and I never did anything that I did not want to do.…
— Josef Koudelka
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I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed,
— Garry Winogrand
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There must be a certain look of availability in the women I photograph. I think the woman who gives the appearance of…
— Helmut Newton
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If you photograph for a long time, you get to understand such things as body language. I often do not look at…
— Martin Parr
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Today's photographers think differently. Many can't see real light anymore. They think only in terms of strobe - sure, it all looks…
— Alfred Eisenstaedt
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What I mean by photographing as a participant rather than observer is that I'm not only involved directly with some of the…
— Galen
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