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In the absence of a subject with which you are passionately involved, and without the excitement that drives you to grasp it…
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My images were surreal simply in the sense that my vision brought out the fantastic dimension of reality. My only aim was…
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I don't invent anything. I imagine everything... most of the time, I have drawn my images from the daily life around me.…
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After twenty years you can begin to be sure of what camera will do.
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The purpose of art is to raise people to a higher level of awareness than they would otherwise attain on their own.
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The precise instant of creation is when you choose the subject. (meaning that the essential thing occurs at the moment when he,…
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André Kertész has two qualities that are essential for a great photographer: an insatiable curiosity about the world, about people, and about life,…
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Photography in our time leaves us with a grave responsibility. While we are playing in our studios with broken flowerpots, oranges, nude…
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Only powerfully conceived images have the ability to penetrate the memory, to stay there, in short to become unforgettable.
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A poor photographer meets chance one out of a hundred times and a good photographer meets chance all the time.
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To me photography must suggest, not insist or explain.
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The wall, safe haven for what is forbidden, gives a voice to all those who would, without it, be condemned to silence
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