I am not limiting myself to theories, so I never question the rightness to my approach.
EDWARD WESTONThis then: to photograph a rock, have it look like a rock, but be more than a rock.
More Edward Weston Quotes
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This then: to photograph a rock, have it look like a rock, but be more than a rock.
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Good composition is merely the strongest way of seeing.
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Is love like art – something always ahead, never quite attained.
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Art is based on order. The world is full of ‘sloppy Bohemians’ and their work betrays them.
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A photograph has no value unless it looks exactly like a photograph and nothing else.
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Photography to the amateur is recreation, to the professional it is work, and hard work too, no matter how pleasurable it my be.
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Anything more than 500 yards from the car just isn’t photogenic.
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I see no reason for recording the obvious.
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When money enters in – then, for a price, I become a liar – and a good one I can be whether with pencil or subtle lighting or viewpoint. I hate it all, but so do I support not only my family, but my own work.
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There is nothing like a Bach fugue to remove me from a discordant moment… only Bach hold up fresh and strong after repeated playing. I can always return to Bach when the other records weary me.
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…the pepper is beginning to show signs of strain, and tonight should grace a salad. It has been suggested that I am a cannibal to eat my models.
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Why limit yourself to what your eyes see when you have an opportunity to extend your vision?
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It’s hard not to tell the truth with a camera. Artists are particularly good at that.
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A lifetime can well be spent correcting and improving one’s own faults without bothering about others.
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I want the stark beauty that a lens can so exactly render presented without interference of artistic effect.
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