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"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."
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"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."
"I think landscape photography in general is somewhat undervalued."
"Today, I'm very careful not to mention very specific locations when I write or give captions."
"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."
"He took twelve pictures that day.Within a few days he showed me the contact sheet. 'This one has the magic,' he said. When I look at it now, I never see me. I see us."
"When the reality looks magnificent, a real art of photography has only one choice: To capture this beauty magnificently!"
"The closer the source of light is to a subject, the broader the beams are."
"When I'm ready to make a photograph, I think I quite obviously see in my minds eye something that is not literally there in the true meaning of the word. I'm interested in something which is built up from within, rather than just extracted from without."
"It's important to know that if you are dealing with shadows."
"The camera introduces us to unconscious optics as does psychoanalysis to unconscious impulses."
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"I was extravagant in the matter of cameras - anything photographic - I had to have the best. But that was to further my work. In most things I have gone along with the plainest - or without."
"There is nothing like a Bach fugue to remove me from a discordant moment... only Bach hold up fresh and strong after repeated playing. I can always return to Bach when the other records weary me."
"Photography suits the temper of this age - of active bodies and minds. It is a perfect medium for one whose mind is teeming with ideas, imagery, for a prolific worker who would be slowed down by painting or sculpting, for one who sees quickly and acts decisively, accurately."
"My own eyes are no more than scouts on a preliminary search, for the camera's eye may entirely change my idea."
"Photography to the amateur is recreation, to the professional it is work, and hard work too, no matter how pleasurable it my be."
"Anything that excites me for any reason, I will photograph; not searching for unusual subject matter, but making the commonplace unusual."
"Consulting the rules of composition before taking a photograph, is like consulting the laws of gravity before going for a walk."
"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."
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