Think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce somebody's face in a photograph. The magic is in seeing people in new ways.

Quote by Duane Michals

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Trust that little voice in your head that says Wouldn't it be interesting if...; And...

Trust that little voice in your head that says Wouldn't it be interesting if...; And...

I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It...

I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It...

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 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...

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...

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 am an amateur and I intend to stay that way for the rest of...

I am an amateur and I intend to stay that way for the rest of...

With photography a new language has been created. Now for the first time it is...

With photography a new language has been created. Now for the first time it is...

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 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...

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...

Your photography is a record of your living, for anyone who really sees.

Your photography is a record of your living, for anyone who really sees.

The camera can photograph thought

The camera can photograph thought

Photography to the amateur is recreation, to the professional it is work, and hard work...

Photography to the amateur is recreation, to the professional it is work, and hard work...

I never have taken a picture I've intended. They're always better or worse.

I never have taken a picture I've intended. They're always better or worse.

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....

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...

She glances at the photo, and the pilot light of memory flickers in her eyes.

She glances at the photo, and the pilot light of memory flickers in her eyes.

Some photographers take reality...and impose the domination of their own thought and spirit. Others come...

Some photographers take reality...and impose the domination of their own thought and spirit. Others come...