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Garry Winogrand Quotes: For me the true business of photography is to capture a bit of reality (whatever that is) on film...if, later, the reality means something to someone else, so much the better.
         

For me the true business of photography is to capture a bit of reality (whatever that is) on film...if, later, the reality means something to someone else, so much the better.


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Photography is not about the thing photographed. It is about how that thing looks photographed.



You have a lifetime to learn technique. But I can teach you what is more important than technique, how to see; learn that and all you have to do afterwards is press the shutter.

You have a lifetime to learn technique. But I can teach you what is more important than technique, how to see; learn that and all you have to do afterwards is press the shutter.



I don't have anything to say in any picture. My only interest in photography is to see what something looks like as a photograph. I have no preconceptions.

I don't have anything to say in any picture. My only interest in photography is to see what something looks like as a photograph. I have no preconceptions.



A photograph is the illusion of a literal description of how the camera 'saw' a piece of time and space.

A photograph is the illusion of a literal description of how the camera 'saw' a piece of time and space.



The photograph should be more interesting or more beautiful than what was photographed

The photograph should be more interesting or more beautiful than what was photographed



I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed.

I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed.



Photographers mistake the emotion they feel while taking the photo as a judgment that the photograph is good

Photographers mistake the emotion they feel while taking the photo as a judgment that the photograph is good





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