“I am just a middle-class farm boy from Dodge City and my grandparents were wheat farmers. I thought painting, acting, directing and photography were all part of being an artist. I have made my money that way. And I have had some fun. It’s not been a bad life.”
Dennis Hopper, 1936-2010
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“To me, shooting the picture is the first reward.
The check is the last reward.”
Ron Galella, born 1931
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“I guess I’ve shot about 40,000 negatives and
of these I have about 800 pictures I like.”
Harry Callahan, 1912-1999
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“The subject matter is so much more
important than the photographer.”
Gordon Parks, 1912-2006
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“Photographs open doors into the past but
they also allow a look into the future.”
Sally Mann, born 1951
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“I have never taken a picture for any other reason than that
at that moment it made me happy to do so.”
Jacques-Henri Lartigue, 1894-1986
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“It’s about time we started to take photography
seriously and treat it as a hobby.”
Elliott Erwitt, born 1928
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“All photographs are accurate.
None of them is the truth.”
Richard Avedon, 1923-2004
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