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"What I end up shooting is the situation. I shoot the composition and my subject is going to help the composition or not."
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"With the selfies, a photographer has finally found his place in a photograph."

"And I remember walking in there and, I must say, I was quite unnerved the closer I got to it."

"You know, the camera is not meant just to show misery."

"Within two hours of where I live, you have mountains and desert as location. I like the natural elements that abstract into light, texture, shape and shadow."

"Writers are frequently asked why they wrote their first book. A more interesting answer might come from asking them why they wrote their second one."

"In the decline of the day, near Kentucky river, as we ascended the brow of a small hill, a number of Indians rushed out of a thick cane-brake upon us, and made us prisoners."

"Now to consult the rules of composition before making a picture is a little like consulting the law of gravitation before going for a walk. Such rules and laws are deduced from the accomplished fact; they are the products of reflection."

"Never boss people around. It's more important to click with people than to click the shutter."

"Anyone can write one book: even politicians do it. Starting a second book reveals an intention to be a professional writer."

"A woman said to me when she first sat down, You're photographing the wrong side of my face. I said, Oh, is there one?"
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"Nature is so powerful, so strong. Capturing its essence is not easy - your work becomes a dance with light and the weather. It takes you to a place within yourself."

"What I am interested in now is the landscape. Pictures without people. I wouldn't be surprised if eventually there are no people in my pictures. It is so emotional."

"There are still so many places on our planet that remain unexplored. I'd love to one day peel back the mystery and understand them."

"A thing that you see in my pictures is that I was not afraid to fall in love with these people."

"I wish that all of nature's magnificence, the emotion of the land, the living energy of place could be photographed."

"Lennon was very helpful. What he taught me seems completely obvious: he expected people to treat each other well."
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