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Famous Dorothea Lange Quotes
“The good photograph is not the object, the consequences of the photograph are the objects.”
“Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.”
“The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.”
Source: Photographs of a Lifetime
“One should really use the camera as though tomorrow you'd be stricken blind.”
Source: Daring to Look: Dorothea Lange's Photographs and Reports from the Field
“It is not enough to photograph the obviously picturesque.”
Source: Daring to Look: Dorothea Lange's Photographs and Reports from the Field
“A documentary photograph is not a factual photograph.”
Source: Photographs of a Lifetime