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“The ability to make a truly artistic photograph is not acquired off-hand, but is the result of an artistic instinct coupled with years of labor.”

Book:Stieglitz on photography: his selected essays and notes

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Alfred Stieglitz

Alfred Stieglitz, born on January 1, 1864, and died on July 13, 1946, was an American photographer renowned for his innovative artistic photography and photographic theories. He is considered one of the pioneers of modern photography. more

“There is no art which affords less opportunity to execute expression than photography. Everything is concentrated in a few seconds, when after perhaps an hours seeking, waiting, and hesitation, the photographer sees the realization of his inward vision, and in that moment he has one advantage over most arts - his medium is swift enough to record his momentary inspiration.”

“The meaning of quality in photography's best pictures lies written in the language of vision. That language is learned by chance, not system.”

Lying Language Chance Quality Vision Written Photography Best Picture

Author:Walker Evans

“Leaving aside the mysteries and the inequities of human talent, brains, taste, and reputations, the matter of art in photography may come down to this: it is the capture and projection of the delights of seeing; it is the defining of observation full and felt.”

Humans May Art Matter Felt Brain Seeing Mystery Talent Taste Photography Leaving Photographer Delight Reputation Observation Capture Defining Projection

Author:Walker Evans

“A photograph is not merely a substitute for a glance. It is a sharpened vision. It is the revelation of new and important facts.”

Important Facts Vision Photography Photograph Revelations Substitutes Glances

Author:Sid Grossman

“Photography is Photography; And in it's purity and innocence is far too uniquely, valuable and beautiful to be spoilt by making it imitate something else.”

Beautiful Photography Valuable Innocence Purity Spoilt Purity And Innocence

Book:Frederick H. Evans: selected texts and bibliography

Source: Frederick H. Evans: selected texts and bibliography

“...throughout the history of art it has been art itself - in all its forms - that has inspired art...today's photographs are so geared to life that one can learn more from them than from life itself.”

Has Beens Art Today Form Photography Inspired Photograph

Author:Van Deren Coke

“A good photograph is like a good hound dog, dumb, but eloquent.”

Dog Photography Photograph Dumb Eloquent Hounds Hound Dogs

Author:Eugene Atget

“The central act of photography, the act of choosing and eliminating, forces a concentration on the picture edge - the line that separates in from out - and on the shapes that are created by it.”

Force Lines Shapes Photography Edges Concentration Eliminating

Author:John Szarkowski

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