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“All photographs are there to remind us of what we forget. In this -- as in other ways -- they are the opposite of paintings. Paintings record what the painter remembers. Because each one of us forgets different things, a photo more than a painting may change its meaning according to who is looking at it.”
John Berger quotes (English Painter, b.1926)

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“A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed.”
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“When I say I want to photograph someone, what it really means is that I'd like to know them. Anyone I know I photograph.”
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“We must remember that a photograph can hold just as much as we put into it, and no one has ever approached the full possibilities of the medium.”
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“To photograph truthfully and effectively is to see beneath the surfaces and record the qualities of nature and humanity which live or are latent in all things.”
Ansel Adams quotes (American Photographer, 1902-1984)
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“A good photograph is knowing where to stand.”
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“When you find yourself beginning to feel a bond between yourself and the people you photograph, when you laugh and cry with their laughter and tears, you will know you are on the right track.”
Arthur Fellig quotes
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“I take photographs with love, so I try to make them art objects. But I make them for myself first and foremost - that is important.”
Jacques-Henri Lartigue quotes
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“He made me suddenly realize that photographs could reach eternity through the moment.”
Henri Cartier-Bresson quotes (French Photographer, 1908-2004)
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“She glances at the photo, and the pilot light of memory flickers in her eyes.”
Frank Deford quotes
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