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...

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.

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 is a major force in explaining man to man.

Photography is a major force in explaining man to man.

No photographer is as good as the simplest camera.

No photographer is as good as the simplest camera.

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

When I say I want to photograph someone, what it really means is that I'd...

When I say I want to photograph someone, what it really means is that I'd...

Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on...

Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on...

Actually, I'm not all that interested in the subject of photography. Once the picture is...

Actually, I'm not all that interested in the subject of photography. Once the picture is...

I never question what to do, it tells me what to do. The photographs make...

I never question what to do, it tells me what to do. The photographs make...

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,...

A photograph must be more interesting than the thing photographed

A photograph must be more interesting than the thing photographed

We all have a family member who think they're a professional photographer.

We all have a family member who think they're a professional photographer.

Photography is my one recreation and I think it should be done well.

Photography is my one recreation and I think it should be done well.

Now very often events are set up for photographers... The weddings are orchestrated about the...

Now very often events are set up for photographers... The weddings are orchestrated about the...

Photography deals exquisitely with appearances, but nothing is what it appears to be.

Photography deals exquisitely with appearances, but nothing is what it appears to be.

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...