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“I longed to arrest all beauty that came before me.” — Julia Margaret Cameron

Some photographs don’t ask for attention.

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“You press the button, we do the rest.” — Eastman Kodak Company

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“The eye should learn to listen before it looks.” — Robert Frank

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“There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.” — Ansel Adams

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“There are things nobody would see if I didn’t photograph them.” — Diane Arbus

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“Photography is not a sport. It has no rules. Everything must be dared and tried.” — Beaumont Newhall

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Most of what matters isn’t obvious at first glance.

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The texture beneath your hands.
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“Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving.” — Aaron Siskind

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“There is one thing the photograph must contain—the humanity of the moment.” — Robert Frank

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More worth photographing.

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“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed.” — Garry Winogrand

Before the photograph, there’s a question.

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It’s already there.

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“To photograph is to hold one’s breath when all faculties converge.” — Henri Cartier-Bresson

There’s a moment when everything quiets.

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“What I have learned is that what you see is not what you get.” — Jay Maisel

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