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“Human vision is untrustworthy, subjective and selective. Camera vision is total and non - objective.”

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This book explores the fundamental principles and techniques of photography, covering various aspects such as composition, lighting, and equipment usage. more

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Andreas Feininger

Andreas Feininger, born on December 27, 1906 in Germany and died on February 18, 1999, was a renowned photographer. His works are known for their unique perspective and exquisite craftsmanship, covering a wide range of subjects including architecture, landscape, and portrait. more

“Photographers learn to interpret photographs in that technical way because they want to understand and use that 'language' themselves just as musicians learn a more technical musical language than the layman needs. Social scientists who want to work with visual materials will have to learn to approach them in this more studious and time-consuming way.”

Way Want Needs Use Language Social Materials Approach Musician Scientist Cameras Photographer Musical Photograph Visuals Consuming Time Consuming Layman Studious

Author:Howard S. Becker

“The camera is the instrument that brings the inner passion and the outward event into harmony with one another, this linking, or, rather, this coincidence, is successfully brought about, then we find one of the things that no image-making medium can accomplish to the same degree.”

Passion Events Degrees Harmony Cameras Instruments Accomplish Mediums Coincidence

Author:Edward Lucie-Smith

“By close-ups of the things around us, by focusing on hidden details of familiar objects, by exploring commonplace milieus under the ingenious guidance of the camera, the film, on the one hand, extends our comprehension of the necessities which rule our lives; on the other hand, it manages to assure us of an immense and unexpected field of action.”

Hands Action Our Lives Fields Cameras Manage Unexpected Immense Comprehension

Author:Walter Benjamin

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