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Quote by William Eggleston

“We have a few things in common - smoking, drinking, and women. Photography just gets us out of the house. (To photographer Juergen Teller)”

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William Eggleston

William Eggleston, born on July 27, 1939, is a renowned American photographer. His work is known for its unique use of color and its portrayal of everyday life, which has had a profound impact on contemporary photography. more

“There in front of me was the Senator on the floor being held by the busboy. There was nobody else around, and I made my first frame, and I forgot to focus the camera. The second frame was a little more in focus... then just for a second, while everything was open, the busboy looked up, and he had this look in his eye. I made that picture, and then suddenly the whole situation closed in again. And it became bedlam.(On the 1968 shooting of U.S. presidential candidate Bobby Kennedy.)”

Firsts Looks Littles Made Whole Eye Situation Focus Fronts Cameras Shooting Presidential Candidates His Eyes Senators Presidential Candidate Bobby Kennedy Busboys

Author:Bill Eppridge

“You are not just a photojournalist, you're a historian.”

Historian Photojournalists

Author:Bill Eppridge

“I think what makes a picture is a moment that is completely spontaneous and natural and unaffected by the photographer.”

Thinking Moments Natural Photographer Spontaneous

Author:Bill Eppridge

“Reporters listen, photographers look. If you are doing your job seriously as a photojournalist, your sight must be the primary sense that you use at all times.”

Ifs Looks Use Jobs Sight Photographer All Time Primaries Reporters Photojournalists

Book:A time it was: Bobby Kennedy in the Sixties

Source: A time it was: Bobby Kennedy in the Sixties

“I try to photograph what can't be photographed - psychological or subjective reality, which seems more real than physical or consensual reality.”

Trying Real Reality Seems Photograph Psychological Subjective

Author:Barbara Ess

“Reality... includes a perceiver, who has memories, thoughts, desires, emotions - [which] a normal camera tends to omit.”

Reality Desire Memories Emotion Normal Cameras

Author:Barbara Ess

“...I use primal imagery, so maybe it's fitting that I use the most primitive of cameras [pinhole cameras]. Since there's no viewfinder, the image is much more of a surprise - as if some outsider came and looked at earth for the first time.”

Ifs Firsts Use Earth First Time Cameras Surprise Primitive Outsiders Imagery Fitting Primal

Author:Barbara Ess

“When I try to get clever I fail, so I stick with the basic issues of human life on earth - sex, death, relationships, discovering who you are, being hurt and confused.”

Trying Humans Earth Sex Hurt Issues Failing Who You Are Sticks Clever Human Life Confused Discovering Being Hurt Discovering Who You Are

Author:Barbara Ess

“Gradually I saw that it was less interesting for me, as an artist, to frame the world wholly according to my own perceptions. I wanted instead to create situations in which I allowed others' perceptions to surface with my own.”

World Wanted Artist My Own Interesting Situation Saws Perception Surface

Book:Collaborative works with children 1969-1999

Source: Collaborative works with children 1969-1999

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