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He made me suddenly realize that photographs could reach eternity through the moment.


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One eye of the photographer looks wide open through the viewfinder, the other, the closed looks into his own soul.



To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event.

To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event.



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Sharpness is a bourgeois concept



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In photography, the smallest thing can be a great subject. The little, human detail can become a Leitmotiv.



Photography is a way of shouting, of freeing oneself, not of proving or asserting one's own originality. It's a way of life.

Photography is a way of shouting, of freeing oneself, not of proving or asserting one's own originality. It's a way of life.



For me, the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity.

For me, the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity.



Oop! The Moment! Once you miss it, it is gone forever.

Oop! The Moment! Once you miss it, it is gone forever.



Photography is an immediate reaction, drawing is a meditation.

Photography is an immediate reaction, drawing is a meditation.



You just have to live and life will give you pictures.

You just have to live and life will give you pictures.





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