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Alvin Langdon Coburn Quotes: An artist is a man who tries to express the inexpressible.
         

An artist is a man who tries to express the inexpressible.


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It is my hope that photography may fall in line with all the other arts and with her infinite possibilities, do things strange and more fascinating than the most fantastic dreams.

It is my hope that photography may fall in line with all the other arts and with her infinite possibilities, do things strange and more fascinating than the most fantastic dreams.



I wish to state emphatically that I do not believe in any sort of handwork or manipulation on a photographic negative or print.

I wish to state emphatically that I do not believe in any sort of handwork or manipulation on a photographic negative or print.



A photographic portrait needs more collaboration between sitter and artist than a painted portrait.

A photographic portrait needs more collaboration between sitter and artist than a painted portrait.



Why should not the camera artist break away from the worn out conventions and claim the freedom of expression which any art must have to be alive.

Why should not the camera artist break away from the worn out conventions and claim the freedom of expression which any art must have to be alive.



I affirm that any sort of photograph is superior to any sort of painting aiming at the same result.

I affirm that any sort of photograph is superior to any sort of painting aiming at the same result.





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