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"The closer the source of light is to a subject, the broader the beams are."
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"I was an artistic dilettante for a while, in photography and collage and the visual arts."
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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."
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"Actually, when I first started dabbling in photography, I was still working for my parents as a salesman."
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"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."
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"Anyone can write one book: even politicians do it. Starting a second book reveals an intention to be a professional writer."
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"Actually, I'm not all that interested in the subject of photography. Once the picture is in the box, I'm not all that interested in what happens next. Hunters, after all, aren't cooks."
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"I am very much aware of the visual side of things. I do a lot of photography. I often take Polaroids of things that strike me as visually interesting, just to remember them and perhaps use later."
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"All photographs are memento mori. To take a photograph is to participate in another person's (or thing's) mortality, vulnerability, mutability. Precisely by slicing out this moment and freezing it, all photographs testify to time's relentless melt."
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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 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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"There are infinite shadings of light and shadows and colors... it's an extraordinarily subtle language. Figuring out how to speak that language is a lifetime job."
Colors
"I can still recall the thrill of shooting my first film."
Film
"I think one of the reasons people quit is because they're afraid they won't be able to get better and better; that they have to come to a zenith of some kind."
People
"But you know you haven't done it all because you know everything keeps evolving and changing; and you know you can evolve with it if you grow and develop as a human being."
Being
"In aptitude tests, I scored highest in music."
Music
"I hope I'm still shooting when I'm 80."
Hope
"There is a kind of beauty in imperfection."
Beauty
"You have to understand the nature of light."
Nature
"It took a while for me to grasp that my colleagues believe I have made an impact on the history of cinema."
History
"I saw Tequila Sunrise as a romantic picture with complex, bigger than life characters."
Life
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