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“A photograph isn't necessarily a lie, but nor is it the truth. It's more of a fleeting, subjective impression. What I most like about photography is the moment that you can't anticipate: you have to be constantly watching for it, ready to welcome the unexpected.”

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Author:Martine Franck

“What I like so much about photography is precisely the moment that cannot be anticipated; one must be constantly on the alert, ready to acclaim the unexpected.”

Moments Ready Photography Unexpected Acclaim

Author:Martine Franck

“Be gentle and tolerant. Intimacy will grow, but will take time and cannot be rushed. If all goes well, soon you will become more familiar with each other, and handling will forge awkward fumbling and fondling into more satisfying and productive caresses and eventually into a comfortable working partnership. At this stage you will be ready to accompany your new camera into the world.”

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Author:Bill Jay

“Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the shutter.”

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Book:Ansel Adams: The Spirit of Wild Places

Source: Ansel Adams: The Spirit of Wild Places

“When I'm ready to make a photograph, I think I quite obviously see in my minds eye something that is not literally there in the true meaning of the word. I'm interested in something which is built up from within, rather than just extracted from without.”

Thinking Mind Eye Ready Photography Built Photograph True Meaning

Author:Ansel Adams

“When I'm about ready to press the cable release on the View camera, I've tried to anticipate some of the challenges I'm going to encounter in the darkroom.”

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Author:John Sexton

“Arguments against photography ever being considered a fine art are: the element of chance which enters in, — finding things ready-made for a machine to record, and of course the mechanics of the medium. I say that chance enters into all branches of art.”

“The trouble with flowers is that invariably, when I'm ready to photograph them, they are not in season.”

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Author:Anne Geddes

“To be ready is one thing, to be able to wait is another; but to seize the right moment is everything.”

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Author:Arthur Schnitzler