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Good composition is merely the strongest way of seeing.


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Anything more than 500 yards from the car just isn't photogenic.

Anything more than 500 yards from the car just isn't photogenic.



If I have any 'message' worth giving to a beginner it is that there are no short cuts in photography.

If I have any 'message' worth giving to a beginner it is that there are no short cuts in photography.



Now, to consult the rules of composition before making a picture is a little like consulting the law of gravity before going for a walk.

Now, to consult the rules of composition before making a picture is a little like consulting the law of gravity before going for a walk.



Anything that excites me for any reason, I will photograph; not searching for unusual subject matter, but making the commonplace unusual.

Anything that excites me for any reason, I will photograph; not searching for unusual subject matter, but making the commonplace unusual.



This then: to photograph a rock, have it look like a rock, but be more than a rock.

This then: to photograph a rock, have it look like a rock, but be more than a rock.



Photography to the amateur is recreation, to the professional it is work, and hard work too, no matter how pleasurable it my be.

Photography to the amateur is recreation, to the professional it is work, and hard work too, no matter how pleasurable it my be.



I would say to any artist: Don't be repressed in your work, dare to experiment, consider any urge, if in a new direction all the better.

I would say to any artist: Don't be repressed in your work, dare to experiment, consider any urge, if in a new direction all the better.



The camera sees more than the eye, so why not make use of it?

The camera sees more than the eye, so why not make use of it?



Why limit yourself to what your eyes see when you have an opportunity to extend your vision?

Why limit yourself to what your eyes see when you have an opportunity to extend your vision?



Ultimately success or failure in photographing people depends on the photographer's ability to understand his fellow man.

Ultimately success or failure in photographing people depends on the photographer's ability to understand his fellow man.





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Youth is like spring, an over praised season more remarkable for biting winds than genial breezes. Autumn is the mellower season, and what we lose in flowers we more than gain in fruits.

Youth is like spring, an over praised season more remarkable for biting winds than genial breezes. Autumn is the mellower season, and what we lose in flowers we more than gain in fruits.



It wasnt until two or three years ago that I actually learned that in the end he actually did kill someone. But that was a choice that he faced: to kill or be killed.

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