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    Photography to the amateur is recreation, to the professional it is work, and hard work too, no matter how pleasurable it my be.

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The charm, one might say the genius, of memory is that it is choosy, chancy and temperamental; it rejects the read more

The charm, one might say the genius, of memory is that it is choosy, chancy and temperamental; it rejects the edifying cathedral and indelibly photographs the small boy outside, chewing a hunk of melon in the dust.

by Elizabeth Bowen Found in: Photography Quotes,
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Photography is a major force in explaining man to man.

Photography is a major force in explaining man to man.

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The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.

The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.

by Dorthea Lange Found in: Photography Quotes,
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It is one thing to photograph people. It is another to make others care about them by revealing the core read more

It is one thing to photograph people. It is another to make others care about them by revealing the core of their humanness.

by Paul Strand Found in: Photography Quotes,
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A photograph is neither taken nor seized by force. It offers itself up. It is the photo that takes you. read more

A photograph is neither taken nor seized by force. It offers itself up. It is the photo that takes you. One must not take photos.

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If the man who paints only the tree, or flower, or other surface he sees before him were an artist, read more

If the man who paints only the tree, or flower, or other surface he sees before him were an artist, the king of artists would be the photographer. It is for the artist to do something beyond this.

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I love the medium of photography, for with its unique realism it gives me the power to go beyond conventional read more

I love the medium of photography, for with its unique realism it gives me the power to go beyond conventional ways of seeing and understanding and say, "This is real, too."

by Wynn Bullock Found in: Photography Quotes,
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Photography records the gamut of feelings written on the human face, the beauty of the earth and skies that man read more

Photography records the gamut of feelings written on the human face, the beauty of the earth and skies that man has inherited, and the wealth and confusion man has created. It is a major force in explaining man to man.

by Edward Steichen Found in: Photography Quotes,
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There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.

There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.

by Ansel Adams Found in: Photography Quotes,
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