Life, for people, begins to crumble on the edges; they don’t realize it.
DOROTHEA LANGEWhile there is perhaps a province in which the photograph can tell us nothing more than what we see with our own eyes, there is another in which it proves to us how little our eyes permit us to see.
More Dorothea Lange Quotes
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It is no accident that the photographer becomes a photographer any more than the lion tamer becomes a lion tamer.
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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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The visual life is an enormous undertaking, practically unattainable.
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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.
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I believe in living with the camera, and not using the camera.
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Surefire things are deadening to the human spirit.
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This benefit of seeing…can come only if you pause a while, extricate yourself from the maddening mob of quick impressions ceaselessly battering our lives, and look thoughtfully at a quiet image…the viewer must be willing to pause, to look again, to meditate.
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The good photograph is not the object, the consequences of the photograph are the objects.
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While there is perhaps a province in which the photograph can tell us nothing more than what we see with our own eyes, there is another in which it proves to us how little our eyes permit us to see.
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go in over your head, not just up to your neck.
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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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It is not enough to photograph the obviously picturesque.
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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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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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The words that come direct from the people are the greatest.If you substitute one out of your own vocabulary, it disappears before your eyes.
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