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“At first, my presence in my photos was fascinating and disturbing. But as time passed and I was more a part of other ideas in my photos, I was able to add a giggle to those feelings.”

Quote by Lee Friedlander

Book:Self Portrait

Work

Self Portrait is a thought-provoking work that delves into the concept of self-portraiture, examining its historical significance and its role in artistic expression. more

Author

Lee Friedlander

Lee Friedlander, born on July 14, 1934, is a renowned American photographer known for his unique perspective and profound insights into American culture. His work spans various genres including portraiture, landscape, and urban photography, and his style is considered a representative of postmodernism. more

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“I always wanted to be a photographer. I was fascinated with the materials, but I never dreamed I would be having this much fun. I imagined something much less elusive, much more mundane.”

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Author:Lee Friedlander

“The West to me is where the landscape is.”

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“I only wanted Uncle Vernon standing by his own car (a Hudson) on a clear day, I got him and the car. Ialso got a bit of Aunt Mary’s laundry and Beau Jack, the dog, peeing on the fence, and a row of potted tuberous begonias on the porch and 78 trees and a million pebbles in the driveway and more. It’s a generous medium, photography.”

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“Now one does not think during creative work: any more than one thinks when driving a car. One has a background of years — learning — unlearning— success — failure — dreaming — thinking — experience — back it goes — farther back than one's ancestors: all this, — then the moment of creation, the focussing of all into the moment. So I can make — "without thought" — fifteen carefully-considered negatives one every fifteen minutes, — given material with as many possibilities.”

“Clouds, torsos, shells, peppers, trees, rocks, smoke stacks, are but interdependent, interrelated parts of a whole, which is life.”

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Book:The daybooks of Edward Weston

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“I would say to any artist: Don't be repressed in your work, dare to experiment, consider any urge, if in a new direction all the better.”

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Book:Edward Weston: The Flame of Recognition: His Photographs Accompanied by Excerpts from the Daybooks & Letters

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“The photographer's most important and likewise most difficult task is not learning to manage his camera, or to develop, or to print. It is learning to see photographically — that is, learning to see his subject matter in terms of the capacities of his tools and processes, so that he can instantaneously translate the elements and values in a scene before him into the photograph he wants to make.”

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“I don't care if you make a print on a bath mat, just as long as it is a good print.”

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“Good composition is merely the strongest way of seeing.”

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“Why limit yourself to what your eyes see when you have an opportunity to extend your vision?”

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