I realize more and more what it takes to be a really good photographer. You go in over your head, not just up to your neck.
DOROTHEA LANGEIt is not enough to photograph the obviously picturesque.
More Dorothea Lange Quotes
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Seeing is more than a physiological phenomenon… We see not only with our eyes but with all that we are and all that our culture is. The artist is a professional see-er.
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It is not enough to photograph the obviously picturesque.
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The best way to go into an unknown territory is to go in ignorant, ignorant as possible, with your mind wide open, as wide open as possible and not having to meet anyone else’s requirement but your own.
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I believe that what we call beautiful is generally a by-product.
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Sometimes in a hostile situation you stick around because hostility itself is important.
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Surefire things are deadening to the human spirit.
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No country has ever closely scrutinized itself visually … I know what we could make of it if people only thought we could dare look at ourselves.
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Photography today appears to be in a state of flight… The familiar is made strange, the unfamiliar grotesque. The amateur forces his Sundays into a series of unnatural poses.
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go in over your head, not just up to your neck.
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To me, beauty appears when one feels deeply, and art is an act of total attention.
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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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Pick a theme and work it to exhaustion… the subject must be something you truly love or truly hate.
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The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.
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Life, for people, begins to crumble on the edges; they don’t realize it.
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Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.
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