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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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"She glances at the photo, and the pilot light of memory flickers in her eyes."
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"Today my passion is still black and white. Today if I have an array of cameras in front of me the one I would reach for that I would feel most comfortable with would be a 4 X 5 View camera. I was once working in a sort of soft light situation."
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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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"At my Rolling Stones' tour, the camera was a protection. I used it in a Zen way."
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"Wherever there is light, one can photograph."
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"The camera makes you forget you're there. It's not like you are hiding but you forget, you are just looking so much."
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"When you go to take someone's picture, the first thing they say is, what you want me to do? Everyone is very awkward."
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"I think landscape photography in general is somewhat undervalued."
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"I think that cognitive scientists would support the view that our visual system does not directly represent what is out there in the world and that our brain constructs a lot of the imagery that we believe we are seeing."
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"In a portrait, you have room to have a point of view. The image may not be literally what's going on, but it's representative."
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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."
Photography
"I see no reason for recording the obvious."
Obvious
"Anything that excites me for any reason, I will photograph; not searching for unusual subject matter, but making the commonplace unusual."
Reason
"Consulting the rules of composition before taking a photograph, is like consulting the laws of gravity before going for a walk."
Photography
"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."
Work
"My own eyes are no more than scouts on a preliminary search, for the camera's eye may entirely change my idea."
Change
"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."
Age
"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."
Nothing
"Photography to the amateur is recreation, to the professional it is work, and hard work too, no matter how pleasurable it my be."
Work
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