Edward Steichen was an influential American photographer known for his innovative style and contributions to the art of photography. His work spanned various genres including portrait, landscape, and abstract photography, profoundly impacting 20th-century photographic art.
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“Every photograph is a fake from start to finish.”
Source: Edward Steichen: the Royal Photographic Society Collection
Source: A Life in Photography
“A portrait is not made in the camera but on either side of it.”
“Every ten years a man should give himself a good kick in the pants.”
“Once you really commence to see things, then you really commence to feel things.”
“Photography records the gamut of feelings written on the human face.”
“When that shutter clicks, anything else that can be done afterward is not worth consideration.”
“A good daguerreotype was as perfect a kind of photograph as was ever made.”
“I was coming to realize that the real magician was light itself.”
Source: A Life in Photography
“A photograph is worth a thousand words, provided it is accompanied by only ten words.”