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You don't study photography. You do it.


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The whole point of taking pictures is so that you don't have to explain things with words.

The whole point of taking pictures is so that you don't have to explain things with words.



Covering a historic event is perfectly legitimate. It's not sneaking into somebody's boudoir... These people belong to history, and not to record that if you have the opportunity would be wrong.

Covering a historic event is perfectly legitimate. It's not sneaking into somebody's boudoir... These people belong to history, and not to record that if you have the opportunity would be wrong.



Color is descriptive. Black and white is interpretive.

Color is descriptive. Black and white is interpretive.



After following the crowd for a while, I'd then go 180 degrees in the exact opposite direction. It always worked for me.

After following the crowd for a while, I'd then go 180 degrees in the exact opposite direction. It always worked for me.



Working myself into a position of total versatility, so that I can do anything I want to do at the time I want to do it. Whether I do it or not is another question.

Working myself into a position of total versatility, so that I can do anything I want to do at the time I want to do it. Whether I do it or not is another question.



All the technique in the world doesn't compensate for the inability to notice.

All the technique in the world doesn't compensate for the inability to notice.



Somehow Photoshop and the ease with which one can produce an image has degraded the quality of photography in general.

Somehow Photoshop and the ease with which one can produce an image has degraded the quality of photography in general.



Nothing happens when you sit at home. I always make it a point to carry a camera with me at all times...I just shoot at what interests me at that moment.

Nothing happens when you sit at home. I always make it a point to carry a camera with me at all times...I just shoot at what interests me at that moment.



Photography is pretty simple stuff. You just react to what you see, and take many, many pictures.

Photography is pretty simple stuff. You just react to what you see, and take many, many pictures.



I like things that have to do with what is real, elegant, well presented and without excessive style. In other words, just fine observation.

I like things that have to do with what is real, elegant, well presented and without excessive style. In other words, just fine observation.





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