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The problem for me is that I've never actually studied photography, so it's quite a steep learning curve. Cameras these days do so much for… — Graeme Le Saux
What it all boils down to for me is having the enthusiasm to do something for enjoyment and being stimulated by what's around you. That's… — Graeme Le Saux
Look at lots of exhibitions and books, and don't get hung up on cameras and technical things. Photography is about images. — Fay Godwin
Moreover, photography has made it possible to fix these images and now provides us with a permanent record of each observed spectrum, which can be… — Pieter Zeeman
People think because it's photography it's not worth as much, and because it's a woman artist, you're still not getting as much - there's still… — Cindy Sherman
The use of the term art medium is, to say the least, misleading, for it is the artist that creates a work of art not… — Edward Steichen
Photography has been a passion of mine since I was 15. After my kids were born I found myself incorporating my photography into different art… — Angela Cartwright
After my kids were born I found myself incorporating my photography into different art endeavours and from there it just blossomed. I have always had… — Angela Cartwright
I am very much aware of the visual side of things. I do a lot of photography. I often take Polaroids of things that strike… — Helena Christensen
Photography is still a very new medium and everything must be tried and dare. — Bill Brandt
In my photography, color and composition are inseparable. I see in color. — William Albert Allard
It doesn't matter if you're photographing a porter in a market in Marrakech or you're photographing the king of Morroco. You have the same sympathetic… — Albert Watson
I think that emotional content is an image's most important element, regardless of the photographic technique. Much of the work I see these days lacks… — Anne Geddes
A landscape image cuts across all political and national boundaries, it transcends the constraints of language and culture. — Charlie Waite
One should really use the camera as though tomorrow you'd be stricken blind. — Dorothea Lange
To know ahead of time what you're looking for means you're then only photographing your own preconceptions, which is very limiting, and often false. — Dorothea Lange
It's about reacting to what you see, hopefully without preconception. You can find pictures anywhere. It's simply a matter of noticing things and organising them.… — Elliott Erwitt
If a photographer cares about the people before the lens and is compassionate, much is given. It is the photographer, not the camera, that is… — Eve Arnold
With photography, I like to create a fiction out of reality. I try and do this by taking society's natural prejudice and giving this a… — Martin Parr
It's the first time in the history of the world that creatives are also distributors. And that's very profound if you think that up until… — Chase Jarvis
No matter how much crap you gotta plow through to stay alive as a photographer, no matter how many bad assignments, bad days, bad clients,… — Joe McNally
What's really important is to simplify. The work of most photographers would be improved immensely if they could do one thing: get rid of the… — William Albert Allard
It's really a great asset to be willing to fail and blow it, so to speak, and to be okay with just making stuff, sharing… — Chase Jarvis
Patience is the essence of clicking great Photographs!! — Abhijeet Sawant
My experience says that if you put out a lot of personal work that's good, it tends to attract high dollar commercial work. But to… — Chase Jarvis

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