The use of the term art medium is, to say the least, misleading, for it is the artist that creates a work of art not the medium. It is the artist in photography that gives form to content by a…

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A good daguerreotype was as perfect a kind of photograph as was ever made.

A good daguerreotype was as perfect a kind of photograph as was ever made.

No photographer is as good as the simplest camera.

No photographer is as good as the simplest camera.

Every ten years a man should give himself a good kick in the pants.

Every ten years a man should give himself a good kick in the pants.

Photography is a major force in explaining man to man.

Photography is a major force in explaining man to man.

Once you really commence to see things, then you really commence to feel things.

Once you really commence to see things, then you really commence to feel things.

Photography records the gamut of feelings written on the human face, the beauty of the...

Photography records the gamut of feelings written on the human face, the beauty of the...

The mission of photography is to explain man to man and each to himself. And...

The mission of photography is to explain man to man and each to himself. And...

A good daguerreotype was as perfect a kind of photograph as was ever made

A good daguerreotype was as perfect a kind of photograph as was ever made

Photography records the gamut of feelings written on the human face, the beauty of the...

Photography records the gamut of feelings written on the human face, the beauty of the...