Art Quote by Edward Weston

“When a photographer masters the tools and processes of the art, then the quality of the work is only limited by his creative vision.” quote by Edward Weston — Download Open image

“When a photographer masters the tools and processes of the art, then the quality of the work is only limited by his creative vision.”

Edward Weston

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I don't care if you make a print on a bath mat, just as long as it is a good print.

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Since the recording process is instantaneous, and the nature of the image such that it cannot survive corrective handwork, it is obvious that the…

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for the obvious reason that nature - unadulterated and unimproved by man - is simply chaos. In fact, the camera proves that nature is…

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Good composition is merely the strongest way of seeing.

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Now one does not think during creative work: any more than one thinks when driving a car. One has a background of years — learning — unlearning— success — failure — dreaming — thinking — experience — back it goes — farther back than one's ancestors: all this, — then the moment of creation, the focussing of all into the…

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The photographer's most important and likewise most difficult task is not learning to manage his camera, or to develop, or to print. It is learning to see photographically — that is, learning to see his subject matter in terms of the capacities of his tools and processes, so that he can instantaneously translate the elements and values in a scene…

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…so called “composition” becomes a personal thing, to be developed along with technique, as a personal way of seeing.

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Very often people looking at my pictures say, 'You must have had to wait a long time to get that cloud just right (or that shadow, or the light).' As a matter of fact, I almost never wait, that is, unless I can see that the thing will be right in a few minutes. But if I must wait an…

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An excellent conception can be quite obscured by faulty technical execution or clarified by faultless technique.

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I would say to any artist: Don't be repressed in your work, dare to experiment, consider any urge, if in a new direction all…

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Ultimately success or failure in photographing people depends on the photographer's ability to understand his fellow man.

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Consulting the rules of composition before taking a photograph, is like consulting the laws of gravity before going for a walk.

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