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Daily quote: : Ansel Adams

I respect everything in change and the solomn beauty of life and death. I believe man will obtain freedom of spirit of society, and therefore while man amidst the emence beauty of objective bodies, he must possess the capacity of self perfection and must observe and represent his world with full confidence. I believe photography is a tool to express our positive assessment of the world. A tool to acquire ultimate happiness and belief. -Ansel Adams

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Daily quote: : Jerry Uelsmann

I have gradually confused photography and life and as a result of this I believe I am able to work out of myself at an almost precognitive level. -Jerry Uelsmann

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Daily quote: : Tony Benn

Most things in life are moments of pleasure and a lifetime of embarrassment; photography is a moment of embarrassment and a lifetime of pleasure. -Tony Benn, In "Independent," (London), 21 Oct 1989.

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Daily quote: : Anonymous

Pictures hold life's experiences. And I feel that with every experience you learn something. Therefore, you learn something with every picture you take. -Anonymous

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Daily quote: : Ansel Adams

Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art. -Ansel Adams

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Daily quote: : Ernst Haas

All I wanted was to connect my moods with those of Paris. Beauty paints and when it painted most, I shot. -Ernst Haas

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Daily quote: : John Shearer

Human gesture and expression are the essence of photography. It's not about lights or fast lenses and fast film. It's the ability to capture a moment in time. To capture the spirit of someone in that magic box is wonderful. It's what I fell in love with as a kid. -John Shearer, "The Great LIFE Photographers" by The Editors of LIFE (Author), John Loengard (Contributor), Gordon Parks (Contributor), ISBN: 0821228927, page: 496
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Daily quote: : Mary Ellen Mark

I think you have to have a real point of view that's your own. You have to tell it your way. And, I think that it's a mistake to shoot for a specific magazine's point of view because it's never going to be as good. You have to shoot for yourself and photograph [ the way] you believe it. -Mary Ellen Mark, "Mary Ellen Mark : 25 Years" by Marianne Fulton, ISBN: 0821218387, page: 26
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Daily quote: : Edward Weston

I start with no preconceived idea - discovery excites me to focus - then rediscovery through the lens - final form of presentation seen on ground glass, the finished print previsioned completely in every detail of texture, movement, proportion, before exposure - the shutter's release automatically and finally fixes my conception, allowing no after manipulation - the ultimate end, the print, is but a duplication of all that I saw and felt through my camera. -Edward Weston

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Daily quote: : Margaret Bourke-White

As photographers, we live through things so swiftly. All our experience and training is focused toward snatching off the highlights...That all significant perfect moment, so essential to capture, is often highly perishable. There may be little opportunity to probe deeper. -Margaret Bourke-White, "Portrait of Myself" by Margaret Bourke-White
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Daily quote: : Alfred Eisenstaedt

Never boss people around. It's more important to click with people than to click the shutter. -Alfred EisenstaedtCollector's edition of Life, the Eisie Issue , page: 18

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Daily quote: : George Eastman

You push the button, we do the rest. -George Eastman, 1888 after the development of Kodak camera.

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Daily quote: : Diane Arbus

I never have taken a picture I've intended. They're always better or worse. -Diane Arbus

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Daily quote: : John Berger

All photographs are there to remind us of what we forget. In this -as in other ways- they are the opposite of paintings. Paintings record what the painter remembers. Because each one of us forgets different things, a photo more than a painting may change its meaning according to who is looking at it. -John Berger, "Keeping a Rendezvous (Vintage International)" by John Berger, ISBN: 0679737146, How Fast Does It Go? (1992)
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Daily quote: : William Albert Allard

I think the 50(mm lens) is an extremely good discipline lens; it requires you to see in a more refined way, not just tighter. -William Albert Allard, "Photographic Essay (American Photographer Master Series)" by William Albert Allard
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