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

Quote by Dorothea Lange

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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...

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.

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.

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.

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,...

That awkward moment when someone is watching you take a picture of yourself.

That awkward moment when someone is watching you take a picture of yourself.

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.

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

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

Dialectical thought is related to vulgar thinking in the same way that a motion picture...

Dialectical thought is related to vulgar thinking in the same way that a motion picture...

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 try to photograph people's spirits and thoughts. As to the soul-taking by the photographer,...

I try to photograph people's spirits and thoughts. As to the soul-taking by the photographer,...

Whether he is an artist or not, the photographer is a joyous sensualist, for the...

Whether he is an artist or not, the photographer is a joyous sensualist, for the...

By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he's been bought ten times...

By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he's been bought ten times...

I've never made any picture, good or bad, without paying for it in emotional turmoil.

I've never made any picture, good or bad, without paying for it in emotional turmoil.

Never have I found the limits of the photographic potential. Every horizon, upon being reached,...

Never have I found the limits of the photographic potential. Every horizon, upon being reached,...

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...

In my view you cannot claim to have seen something until you have photographed it.

In my view you cannot claim to have seen something until you have photographed it.

They are the proof of something was there and no longer is. Like a stain....

They are the proof of something was there and no longer is. Like a stain....

It's weird that photographers spend years or even a whole lifetime, trying to capture moments...

It's weird that photographers spend years or even a whole lifetime, trying to capture moments...