photography

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• “There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.”

• “In photography everything is so ordinary; it takes a lot of looking before you learn to see the ordinary.”

• “You put your camera around your neck in the morning, along with putting on your shoes, and there it is, an appendage of the body that shares your life with you. The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.”

• “Photography is a strong tool, a propaganda device, and a weapon for the defense of the environment... Photographs are believed more than words; thus they can be used persuasively to show people who have never taken the trouble to look what is there. They can point out beauties and relationships not previously believed or suspect to exist.”

• “Today, I am no longer concerned with photography as an art form. I believe it is potentially the best medium for explaining man to himself and his fellow man.”

• “My own eyes are no more than scouts on a preliminary search, or the camera's eye may entirely change my idea.”

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