Eliot
Porter
"...I
believe that the intricacy of detail and complexity of subject
need not contradict harmony nor an inherent simplicity of
the whole."
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Ansel
Adams
"It seems that one can define all the qualities of a
work of art except that essence which is self evident in the
work of art itself, and which creates a resonance of thought
and feeling beyond verbalization."
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Edward
Weston
"I never try to limit myself by theories. I do not question
right or wrong approach when I am interested or amazed, --impelled
to work. I do not fear logic, I dare to be irrational...This
keeps me fluid, open to fresh impulse, free from formulae..." |
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Albert
Renger-Patzsch
"The secret of good photography, which can display artistic
qualities just like any other form of art work, lies in its
realism...The means for reproducing the magic of the material
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Essays
"...the receiver of a true artistic impression is so
united to the artist that he feels as if the work were his
own and not someone else's -- as if what it expresses were
just what he had long been wishing to express" -Tolstoy
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Technique
"Photography involves a series of related mechanical,
optical and chemical processes which lie between the subject
and the photograph of it....Knowing the effects of the various
stages of the process we can attempt to see the subject as
it will appear in the final print." -Ansel Adams |
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