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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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 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...

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

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.

No photographer is as good as the simplest camera.

No photographer is as good as the simplest camera.

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...

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...

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 is a major force in explaining man to man.

Photography is a major force in explaining man to man.

I should be getting photographs of me with my arm around these people like restaurant...

I should be getting photographs of me with my arm around these people like restaurant...

Photography is truth.

Photography is truth.

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 always thought of photography as a naughty thing to do - that was one...

I always thought of photography as a naughty thing to do - that was one...

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,...

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.

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,...

Photoshop will not save you from future embarrassment.

Photoshop will not save you from future embarrassment.

Anybody can direct a picture once they know the fundamentals. Directing is not a mystery,...

Anybody can direct a picture once they know the fundamentals. Directing is not a mystery,...

The camera can photograph thought

The camera can photograph thought

A photograph must be more interesting than the thing photographed

A photograph must be more interesting than the thing photographed