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Quote by Habib Umar bin Hafiz

“A photographer is like a writer... you're writing with your lens so make sure you tell a good story.”

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Habib Umar bin Hafiz is a renowned Islamic scholar, born on May 27, 1963. He is known for his profound research and widespread dissemination of Islamic jurisprudence. more

“To us, the difference between the #‎ photographer as an individual eye and the photographer as an objective recorder seems fundamental, the difference often regarded, mistakenly, as separating photography as art from #‎ photography as document. But both are logical extensions of what photography means: note-taking on, potentially, everything in the world, from every possible angle.”

World Mean Art Seems Eye Individual Differences Photography Fundamentals Notes Photographer Photograph Objectives Logical Documents Angle Extensions Separating Recorders Note Taking

Book:On photography

Source: On photography

“You have trust in what you think. If you splinter yourself and try to please everyone, you can’t. It’s important to stay the course. I don’t think I would have lasted this long if I’d listened to anyone. You have to listen somewhat and then put that to the side and know that what you do matters.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Trying Long Important Matter Courses Sides Please Splinters

Author:Annie Leibovitz

“Most of the pictures we consume are propaganda.”

Propaganda Glamorous

Author:Martin Parr

“The adornment of the body is a human need.”

Needs Humans Body Human Needs Adornment

Author:David LaChapelle

“The anticipation of discovering new possibilities becomes my greatest joy.”

Joy Possibility Discovering Anticipation New Possibilities

Author:Jerry Uelsmann

“If God told Rick Perry, Michelle Bachmann, and Herman Cain to run for president, then God obviously wants Barack Obama to win.”

Ifs Want Running Winning President Barack Cain Michelle Bachmann

Author:Randi Rhodes

“Skills are never taught, they are acquired. I can give you a camera, but can't feed your vision.”

Giving I Can Vision Learning Taught Skills Photography Cameras Acquire Skills Development

Author:Raghu Rai

“I don't think that digital technology will ever take away the humanity of storytelling, because storytelling is entirely, in and of itself, a wholly human concern.”

Thinking Humans Humanity Technology Concern Storytelling Digital Digital Technology

Author:David Fincher

“I like capturing stuff that is disappearing - that’s the point of photography. What I am photographing is an imaginary place that never existed, but is connected to something that has already been.”

Stuff Photography Connected Disappear Imaginary

Author:Tim Walker

“One of the things that fascinates me most is when people are so charmed by the universe that it becomes part of their artistic output.”

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Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson

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