“A good photograph will prove to the viewer how little our eyes permit us to see. Most people only see what they’ve always seen and what they expect to see. Whereas a photographer, if he’s good, will see everything.”
Leon Levinstein, 1910-1988
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July 2, 2010
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May 28, 2010
“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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May 21, 2010
“The subject matter is so much more
important than the photographer.”
Gordon Parks, 1912-2006
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April 9, 2010
“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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November 28, 2009
“If your pictures aren’t good enough,
you aren’t close enough.”
Robert Capa, 1913-1954
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November 14, 2009
“Most of my pictures are compassionate, gentle and personal.
They tend to let the viewer see for himself.
They tend not to preach.
And they tend not to pose as art.”
Bruce Davidson, born 1933
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November 7, 2009
“I really believe there are things nobody would
see if I didn’t photograph them.”
Diane Arbus, 1923-1971
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