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Quote by Don McCullin

“There's always a threat surrounding the things you love”

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Don McCullin, a renowned British war photographer, was born on October 9, 1935. His photography is known for its profound social insight and its raw documentation of the残酷ness of war. more

“I have been manipulated, and I have in turn manipulated others, by recording their response to suffering and misery. So there is guilt in every direction: guilt because I don't practice religion, guilt because I was able to walk away, while this man was dying of starvation or being murdered by another man with a gun. And I am tired of guilt, tired of saying to myself: “I didn't kill that man on that photograph, I didn't starve that child. That's why I want to photograph landscapes and flowers. I am sentencing myself to peace.”

Men Want Children Has Beens Able Suffering Turns Walks Practice Dying Flower Gun Tired Guilt Misery Response Photograph Landscape Another Man Starvation

Author:Don McCullin

“War all comes down to these little tiny stories about people's lives that will never be the same.”

People Littles War Stories Tiny

Author:Eugene Richards

“Peace is a conscious choice.”

Choices Peace Conscious Environmentalism

Book:The Magic of Conflict: Turning a Life of Work Into a Work of Art

Source: The Magic of Conflict: Turning a Life of Work Into a Work of Art

“The pain of life overrides the joy to the point that joy does not exist.”

Life Doe Pain Joy Existence Suicide Suicidal Thoughts Pain And Sorrow Joy And Pain Photojournalists

Author:Kevin Carter

“It's not just that that and that exists. It's that that, that, that, and that all exist in the same frame. I'm always looking for something more. You take in too much; perhaps it becomes total chaos. I'm always playing along that line: adding something more, yet keeping it sort of chaos.”

Lines Too Much Chaos

Author:Alex Webb

“My understanding – of course, I’m not a philosopher or a scientist – of an aspect of Goethe’s theory of color is that he felt that color came out of tension between light and dark. I think that is very appropriate when you think about the kind of color that I shoot.”

Thinking Kind Light Courses Felt Understanding Dark Color Theory Aspect Scientist Philosopher Tension Appropriate Light And Dark

Author:Alex Webb

“Most of my projects seem to start as exploratory journeys with no visible end in sight.”

Ends Seems Journey Projects Sight Visible

Author:Alex Webb

“I mean its an obsession, you follow the obsession but at the same time you have so many doubts, you know. Why am I wasting so much money going back to this place, taking more pictures? What’s the point of it? No one cares about it. I think I care about it but maybe I am deceiving myself.”

Thinking Knows Mean Care Doubt Obsession Deceiving I Care No One Cares

Author:Alex Webb

“Color is very much about atmosphere and emotion and the feel of a place.”

Feels Emotion Color Atmosphere

Author:Alex Webb

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