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"Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution."
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"How we choose to perceive affects how we partake of reality, narrowly or completely."

"We often focus on what is wrong and complain that nothing is beautiful."

"The mind can fool the heart, as the heart can fool the mind."

"The feeling that the world is full of people who think different is synonymous with wrong."

"People see what they expect to see."

"The devil was always in the detail. And here the detail was certainly devilish."

"I saw the world in black and white instead of the vibrant colours and shades I knew existed."

"Life is an illusion which wisely prevents you from seeing yourself fully."

"When I deeply look at a pious, I see no affection but fear; and when I look at an atheist, I see no fear but conceit!"

"It is always easier to find fault and criticize than it is to find beauty and appreciation."
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"Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships."

"No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit."

"It is my intention to present - through the medium of photography - intuitive observations of the natural world which may have meaning to the spectators."

"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."

"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."

"Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer - and often the supreme disappointment."
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