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“We are drowning in images. Photography is used as a propaganda tool, which serves to sell products and ideas. I use the same approach to show aspects of reality.”

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Author:Martin Parr

“It is important to understand what are you trying to capture with a camera. What you want to use this tool for. It helps to begin to search for and concentrate on thematic photography.”

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Author:Leonard Nimoy

“My programme, The Art of Creative Expression, empowers young people with tools to express themselves. We teach photography, art and drama, but it's not just the medium that's important, it's about what you are trying to say.”

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Author:Dawud Wharnsby Ali

“I find the single most valuable tool in my darkroom is my trash can”

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Author:John Sexton

“A photographer needs to be a good editor of negatives and prints! In fact, most of the prints I make are for my eyes only, and they are no good. I find the single most valuable tool in the darkroom is my trash can - that's where most of my prints end up.”

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Author:John Sexton

“Photography is the act of "fixing" time, not of "expressing" the world. The camera is an inadequate tool for extracting a vision of the world or of beauty.”

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Author:Daido Moriyama

“Photography is the first art wherein the tool does most of the work.”

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Book:More Matter: Essays And Criticism

Source: More Matter: Essays And Criticism

“The digital tools allow us to have control over what and how we can alter an image that was unimaginable in the era of analog photography.”

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Book:The Real and the True: The Digital Photography of Pedro Meyer

Source: The Real and the True: The Digital Photography of Pedro Meyer

“You've got to push yourself harder. You've got to start looking for pictures nobody else could take. You've got to take the tools you have and probe deeper.”

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Author:William Albert Allard

“Photography is a strong tool, a propaganda device, and a weapon for the defense of the environment...and therefore for the fostering of a healthy human race and even very likely for its survival.”

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Author:Eliot Porter

“As you get older, you have different tools, and you learn to use photography differently.”

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Author:Annie Leibovitz

“I'm a photographer, obviously. My chosen tool for understanding life, and communicating the results of this search to others, is the camera.”

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Author:David Hurn

“And young people who are learning digital skills discover that the real challenge is coming up with an image that resonates, first of all, with your self and hopefully, with an audience. They can learn all these new techniques and think that they're easier to use, but creating great images isn't about the tools.”

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Author:Jerry Uelsmann

“Stay open to as many new tools and think of as many ways you can to utilize them to your advantage. This not only includes equipment and hardware but also software or apps like Sun Seeker and social media outlets like Instagram and Twitter to build community.”

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Author:Vincent Laforet

“Photography is a tool for dealing with things everybody knows about but isn’t attending to. My photographs are intended to represent something you don’t see.”

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Author:Emmet Gowin