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"We must remember that a photograph can hold just as much as we put into it, and no one has ever approached the full possibilities of the medium."
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"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."
"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."
"What I end up shooting is the situation. I shoot the composition and my subject is going to help the composition or not."
"When that shutter clicks, anything else that can be done afterward is not worth consideration."
"My surprises come usually once I start rolling and photographing."
"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."
"It is my intention to present - through the medium of photography - intuitive observations of the natural world which may have meaning to the spectators."
"Videos are more like photography. It's not as much about trying to tell a story as it is creating images."
"And I remember walking in there and, I must say, I was quite unnerved the closer I got to it."
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"Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships."
"When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence."
"Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies; but the compelling force of all times has been the force of originality and creation profoundly affecting the roots of human spirit."
"Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer - and often the supreme disappointment."
"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."
"It is my intention to present - through the medium of photography - intuitive observations of the natural world which may have meaning to the spectators."
"A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed."
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