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.
DOROTHEA LANGEI believe that what we call beautiful is generally a by-product.
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The people who are garrulous and wear their heart on their sleeve and tell you everything, that’s one kind of person, but the fellow who’s hiding behind a tree and hoping you don’t see him is the fellow that you’d better find out why.
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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 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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Life, for people, begins to crumble on the edges; they don’t realize it.
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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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No country has ever closely scrutinized itself visually.
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I believe in living with the camera, and not using the camera.
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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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I believe that what we call beautiful is generally a by-product.
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Artists are controlled by the life that beats in them, like the ocean beats on the shore.
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The good photograph is not the object, the consequences of the photograph are the objects.
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A documentary photograph is not a factual photograph.
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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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