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    Where there is perhaps a province in which the photograph can tell us nothing more than what we see with our own eyes, there is another in which it proves to us how little our eyes permit us ro see.

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Many pictures turn out to be limp translations of the known world instead of vital objects which create an intrinsic read more

Many pictures turn out to be limp translations of the known world instead of vital objects which create an intrinsic world of their own. There is a vast difference between taking a picture and making a photograph.

by Robert Heinecken Found in: Photography Quotes,
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To manipulate an image is to control a people

To manipulate an image is to control a people

by Carolyn Gerard Found in: Photography Quotes,
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There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.

There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.

by Ansel Adams 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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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.

by Edward Steichen Found in: Photography Quotes,
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To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it read more

To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.

by Elliott Erwitt Found in: Photography Quotes,
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It takes a lot of imagination to be a good photographer. You need less imagination to be a painter, because read more

It takes a lot of imagination to be a good photographer. You need less imagination to be a painter, because you can invent things. But in photography everything is so ordinary; it takes a lot of looking before you learn to see the ordinary.

by David Bailey Found in: Photography Quotes,
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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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Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.

Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.

by Ansel Adams Found in: Photography Quotes,
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