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The important thing is not the camera but the eye.


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I see pictures all the time. I could stay for hours and watch a raindrop.

I see pictures all the time. I could stay for hours and watch a raindrop.



Once the amateur's naive approach and humble willingness to learn fades away, the creative spirit of good photography dies with it. Every professional should remain always in his heart an amateur.

Once the amateur's naive approach and humble willingness to learn fades away, the creative spirit of good photography dies with it. Every professional should remain always in his heart an amateur.



Yes, I sold buttons to earn living. But I took pictures to keep on living. Pictures are my life – as necessary as eating or breathing.

Yes, I sold buttons to earn living. But I took pictures to keep on living. Pictures are my life – as necessary as eating or breathing.



When I have a camera in my hand, I know no fear.

When I have a camera in my hand, I know no fear.



Never boss people around. It's more important to click with people than to click the shutter.

Never boss people around. It's more important to click with people than to click the shutter.



In a photograph a person’s eyes tell much, sometimes they tell all.

In a photograph a person’s eyes tell much, sometimes they tell all.



Retire? Retire from What? Life? I will only retire when I am dead!

Retire? Retire from What? Life? I will only retire when I am dead!



I seldom think when I take a picture. My eyes and fingers react - click. But first, it's most important to decide on the angle at which your photograph is to be taken.

I seldom think when I take a picture. My eyes and fingers react - click. But first, it's most important to decide on the angle at which your photograph is to be taken.



We are only beginning to learn what to say in a photograph. The world we live in is a succession of fleeting moments, any one of which might say something significant.

We are only beginning to learn what to say in a photograph. The world we live in is a succession of fleeting moments, any one of which might say something significant.



I always prefer photographing in available light – or Rembrandt-light I like to call it – so you get the natural modulations of the face. It makes a more alive, real, and flattering portrait.

I always prefer photographing in available light – or Rembrandt-light I like to call it – so you get the natural modulations of the face. It makes a more alive, real, and flattering portrait.





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