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Quote by Martin Munkacsi

“Never pose your subjects. Let them move about naturally... All great photographs today are snapshots.”

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Martin Munkácsi was a renowned Hungarian photographer, known for his unique photographic style and contributions to sports photography. His work is celebrated for its dynamic capture and innovative composition. more

“... I think it is fair to say that all war photographers hide behind their cameras. I hid behind mine for years and years and years. It was a shield... I think that the photographer in combat has a greater protection than the soldier who has a rifle in his hand. That camera has unbelievable protective power.”

Thinking Years War Hands Behinds Greater Mines Fairs Cameras Photographer Soldier Protection Combat Unbelievable Shields Protective Rifles

Author:Carl Mydans

“Sometimes, photographs live in our hearts as unborn ghosts and we survive not because their shadows find permanence there, but because that thing that is larger than us, larger than the things we can point to, remember and claim, escorts us from dark into light.”

Heart Sometimes Light Remember Dark Shadow Claims Photograph Ghost Unborn Permanence

Author:Laurel Nakadate

“Although I get a lot of ideas from things that have happened in my life, I see the final product as a place where my imagination meets my experience. What I love about photography is that nothing is really as it seems.”

Ideas Seems Imagination Happened Products Photography Finals My Imagination

Author:Laurel Nakadate

“I believe photography is about choosing to live, being brave. Looking is an act of courage. It's terrifying. It's possible to see too much, to witness things that we cannot hold.”

Believe I Believe Too Much Photography Brave Witness Acts Of Courage Choosing To Live

Author:Laurel Nakadate

“Photography has saved my life, over and over again.”

Photography Saved

Author:Laurel Nakadate

“[Photography] ties back into this feeling of wanting to watch things fall and the moment before they break. Fireworks are that way for me - this lovely thing that blows up and is gone. It all goes back to this desire to record things before they disappear - the original reason we take pictures, right?”

Way Reason Moments Feelings Desire Fall Watches Break Gone Records Photography Originals Blow Disappear Lovely Ties Fireworks Lovely Things

Author:Laurel Nakadate

“Humans like to look. I think that voyeurism and exploitation are often used in the same sentence. But, in my opinion, voyeurism is a beautiful and delightful thing. There is nothing more intimate than really looking at someone.”

Thinking Humans Looks Beautiful Used Opinion Sentences Intimate Exploitation Delightful Delightful Things

Author:Laurel Nakadate

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