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"In my mind's eye, I visualize how a particular... sight and feeling will appear on a print. If it excites me, there is a good chance it will make a good photograph. It is an intuitive sense, an ability that comes from a lot of practice."
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"The negative is comparable to the composer's score and the print to its performance. Each performance differs in subtle ways."
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"Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships."
God
"There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer."
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"Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art."
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"It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment."
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"A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words."
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"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."
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"These people live again in print as intensely as when their images were captured on old dry plates of sixty years ago... I am walking in their alleys, standing in their rooms and sheds and workshops, looking in and out of their windows. Any they in turn seem to be aware of me."
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"Some photographers take reality... and impose the domination of their own thought and spirit. Others come before reality more tenderly and a photograph to them is an instrument of love and revelation."
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"When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence."
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