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“I like small things, I like small moments that are almost elliptical, that are not necessarily linear; they're natural things that happen in the world, but if you look at them from a slight angle there's more than meets the eye.”

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Author:Keith Carter

“I'm fond of implied narratives, oblique angles, and leaving a little room for the viewer to finish a picture.”

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Author:Keith Carter

“Best wide-angle lens? Two steps backward. Look for the 'ah-ha'.”

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Author:Ernst Haas

“I'm not satirical in a traditional way. What I do is more about creating caricatures and cartoons. I am commentating on the nature of how we live through photography, and how you can twist an angle to create a different perception of a person.”

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Author:Alison Jackson

“...photography can lie as convincingly as literature or painting. The angle, the selected content, the assumed context.”

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Author:Edmundo Desnoes

“I do photography and I studied film at school. So I've always really enjoyed that and I've got an eye for camera angles I guess. I've never taken that into filming wildlife.”

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Author:Asa Butterfield

“I didn't do well in high school, but I took photography, and I loved being able to capture moments. It led to more and more photography, and fashion was the angle into photography for me. It was incredible to see photographs by Irving Penn or Helmut Newton. I was really intrigued by that, and that's what led me to New York City.”

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Author:Steven Sebring

“I like to photograph anyone before they know what their best angles are.”

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Author:Ellen von Unwerth

“I am not very interested in extraordinary angles. They can be effective on certain occasions, but I do not feel the necessity for them in my own work. Indeed, I feel the simplest approach can often be most effective. A subject placed squarely in the center of the frame, if attention is not distracted from it by fussy surroundings, has a simple dignity which makes it all the more impressive.”

Source: Bill Brandt: Selected Texts & Bibliography