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Lisette Model, born on November 10, 1901 in Germany and died on March 30, 1983 in the United States, was a renowned photographer. Her works are known for their unique perspective and profound themes, which have had a profound impact on 20th-century photographic art.

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“New images surround us everywhere. They are invisible only because of sterile routine convention and fear.”

Invisible Surround Routine Conventions

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“Don't shoot til the subject hits you in the pit of your stomach.”

Subjects Stomach Pits

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“Speed, the fundamental condition of the activities of our day is the power of photography, indeed the modern art of today, the art of the split second.”

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“I am a passionate lover of the snapshot, because of all photographic images it comes closest to truth.”

Love Truth Passion Lovers Photography Passionate Closest Passionate Love Snapshots Passionate Lovers

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“New images surround us everywhere. They are invisible only because of sterile routine convention and fear. To find these images is to dare to see, to be aware of what there is and how it is. The photographer not only gets information, he gives information about life.”

Giving Information Photographer Dare Invisible Surround Routine Conventions

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“The snapshot has no pretense or ambition. Innocence is the quintessence of the snapshot. I wish to distinguish between innocence and ignorance. Innocence is one of the highest forms of being and ignorance is one of the lowest.”

Form Wish Ignorance Ambition Highest Innocence Lowest Pretense Snapshots Quintessence

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“Photography starts with the projection of the photographer, his understanding of life and himself into the picture.”

Understanding Photography Photographer Projection

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“I just picked up a camera without any kind of ambition to be good or bad. And especially without any ambition to make a living... My whole freedom working in photography comes because I say to myself, Let's see what is going on in this world. Let's find out. How do these people look?”

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“This photographic thing has changed the entire vision of the world. It will go through every activity of humanity - science, medicine, space, ESP, for peace, against peace, entertainment, television, movies, all of them - you will not find one without photography.”

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“Photography through the camera is an instrument of detection. We photograph not only what we know, but also what we don't know.”

Knows Photography Cameras Instruments Photograph Detection

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“Never take a picture of anything you are not passionately interested in.”

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“I am a pationate lover of the snapshot, because of all photographic images, it comes closest to the truth ... the snapshooter['s] pictures have an apparent disorder and imperfection which is exactly their appeal and their style.”

Style Lovers Appeals Disorder Imperfection Closest Snapshots

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“Photography is the easiest art, which perhaps makes it the hardest.”

Art Photography Photographer Hardest Photography By Photographers

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“They say my prints are bad, darling they should see my negatives”

Should Print Darling

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“I have often been asked what I wanted to prove by my photographs. The answer is, I don’t want to prove anything. They prove to me, and I am the one who gets the lesson.”

Want Wanted Answers Lessons Prove Photograph Prove To Me

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“The snapshooter’s pictures have an apparent disorder and imperfection, which is exactly their appeal and their style. The picture isn’t straight. It isn’t done well. It isn’t composed. It isn’t thought out. And out of this imbalance, and out of this not knowing, and out of this real innocence toward the medium comes an enormous vitality and expression of life.”

Wells Real Done Knowing Style Expression Enormous Mediums Appeals Innocence Disorder Imperfection Not Knowing Vitality Imbalance

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“It is the surface I am interested in. Because the surface is the inside.”

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About the Author

Born: November 10, 1901
Died: March 30, 1983
Known for: Photographer
Quotes: 17

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