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“As a professional photographer I take photographs for other people to see - but I want them to see what I see. So I never assume that only a few people will appreciate what I do. At all times, the public should be able to understand what I've done, even if they don't understand how I've done it.”

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Author:Elliott Erwitt

“The work I care about is terribly simple. I observe. I try to entertain. But above all I want my pictures to be emotional. Little else interests me in photography.”

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Author:Elliott Erwitt

“"Simply look with perceptive eyes at the world about you, and trust to your own reactions and convictions. Ask yourself: "Does this subject move me to feel, think and dream? Can I visualize a print - my own personal statement of what I feel and want to convey - from the subject before me?""”

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Author:Ansel Adams

“If you want to photograph a man spinning, give some thought to why he spins. Understanding for a photographer is as important as the equipment he uses.”

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Book:Portrait of Myself

Source: Portrait of Myself

“I want the stark beauty that a lens can so exactly render presented without interference of artistic effect.”

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Book:The daybooks of Edward Weston

Source: The daybooks of Edward Weston

“But there is more to a fine photograph than information. We are also seeking to present an image that arouses the curiosity of the viewer or that, best of all, provokes the viewer to think-to ask a question or simply to gaze in thoughtful wonder. We know that photographs inform people. We also know that photographs move people. The photograph that does both is the one we want to see and make. It is the kind of picture that makes you want to pick up your own camera again and go to work.”

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Author:Sam Abell

“You must have a visual sense if you want to be a photographer. It is a very subtle thing, this visual business.”

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Author:Elliott Erwitt

“Never put lettering in your photos unless you want it read.”

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Author:Jay Maisel

“If all your life means to you is water running over rocks, then photograph it, but I want to create something that would not have existed without me.”

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Author:Minor White

“A photographer who wants to see, a photographer who wants to make fine images, must recognize the value in the familiar.”

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Book:Photography and the art of seeing

Source: Photography and the art of seeing

“My pictures are about everyday life combined with theatrical effect. I want them to feel outside of time, to take something routine and make it irrational. I’m always looking for a small moment that is a revelation”

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Author:Gregory Crewdson

“I want to allow others to reveal and celebrate aspects of themselves that are usually hidden. My camera is a witness. It holds a light up for my subjects to help them feel their own essence, and gives them the courage to collaborate in the recording of these revelations.”

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Author:Joyce Tenneson

“You have to have a lot of 'overage' so that your failures aren't the only thing you come home with. You've got to have a lot of things that were magnificent failures, but you want some magnificent successes.”

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Author:Jay Maisel

“You find that you have to do many things, more than just lift up the camera and shoot, and so you get involved in it in a very physical way. You may find that the picture you want to do can only be made from a certain place, and you're not there, so you have to physically go there. And that participation may spur you on to work harder on the thing, . . . because in the physical change of position you start seeing a whole different relationship.”

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Author:Jay Maisel