Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.

Quote by Dorothea Lange

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One should really use the camera as though tomorrow you'd be stricken blind.

One should really use the camera as though tomorrow you'd be stricken blind.

Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.

Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.

Pick a theme and work it to exhaustion... the subject must be something you truly...

Pick a theme and work it to exhaustion... the subject must be something you truly...

While there is perhaps a province in which the photograph can tell us nothing more...

While there is perhaps a province in which the photograph can tell us nothing more...

One should really use the camera as though tomorrow you'd be stricken blind.

One should really use the camera as though tomorrow you'd be stricken blind.

As I have practiced it, photography produces pleasure by simplicity. I see something special and...

As I have practiced it, photography produces pleasure by simplicity. I see something special and...

The camera is no more an instrument of preservation; the image is...

The camera is no more an instrument of preservation; the image is...

Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception,...

Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception,...

Photography has the capacity to provide images of man and his environment that are both...

Photography has the capacity to provide images of man and his environment that are both...

Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer - and often the supreme disappointment.

Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer - and often the supreme disappointment.

The camera can photograph thought. It's better than a paragraph of sweet polemic.

The camera can photograph thought. It's better than a paragraph of sweet polemic.

The marvels of daily life are exciting; no movie director can arrange the unexpected that...

The marvels of daily life are exciting; no movie director can arrange the unexpected that...

Look, I'm not an intellectual - I just take pictures.

Look, I'm not an intellectual - I just take pictures.

It is one thing to photograph people. It is another to make others care about...

It is one thing to photograph people. It is another to make others care about...

I believe in the imagination. What I cannot see is infinitely more important than what...

I believe in the imagination. What I cannot see is infinitely more important than what...

To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an...

To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an...

A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less...

A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less...

I just think it's important to be direct and honest with people about why you're...

I just think it's important to be direct and honest with people about why you're...

There is only you and your camera. The limitations in your photography are in yourself,...

There is only you and your camera. The limitations in your photography are in yourself,...

In my photography, color and composition are inseparable. I see in color.

In my photography, color and composition are inseparable. I see in color.