Bring the viewer to your side, include him in your thought. He is not a bystander.
DOROTHEA LANGEThe camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.
More Dorothea Lange Quotes
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A documentary photograph is not a factual photograph.
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Life, for people, begins to crumble on the edges; they don’t realize it.
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I believe in living with the camera, and not using the camera.
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go in over your head, not just up to your neck.
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I believe that what we call beautiful is generally a by-product.
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Being disabled gave me an immense advantage. People are kinder to you. It puts you on a different level than if you go into a situation whole and secure.
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To know ahead of time what you’re looking for means you’re then only photographing your own preconceptions, which is very limiting, and often false.
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The good photograph is not the object, the consequences of the photograph are the objects. So that no one would say, how did you do it, where did you find it, but they would say that such things could be.
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The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.
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To live a visual life is an enormous undertaking, practically unattainable. I have only touched it, just touched it.
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I many times encountered courage, real courage. Undeniable courage. I’ve heard it said that that was the highest quality of the human animal.
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Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.
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Surefire things are deadening to the human spirit.
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You know there are moments such as these when time stands still and all you do is hold your breath and hope it will wait for you.
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I encountered that many times, in unexpected places. And I have learned to recognize it when I see it.
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