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• The more you photograph, the more you realize what can and what can't be photographed. You just have to keep doing it.
• Photography is a strong tool, a propaganda device, and a weapon for the defense of the environment...and therefore for the fostering of…
• Sometimes you can tell a large story with a tiny subject.
• You learn to see by practice. It's Just like playing tennis, you get better the more you play. The more you look…
• Every photograph that is made whether by one who considers himself a professional, or by the tourist who points his snapshot camera…
• Photographs are believed more than words; thus they can be used persuasively to show people who have never taken the trouble to…
• I don't think it's necessary to put your feelings about photography in words. I've read things that photographers have written for exhibitions…
• I do not photograph for ulterior purposes. I photograph for the thing itself - for the photograph - without consideration of how…
• But before all else a work of art is the creation of love. Love for the subject first and for the medium…
• My emotions, instincts, and interests are all with nature.
• Much is missed if we have eyes only for the bright colors. Nature should be viewed without distinction... She makes no choice…

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