Some great quotes here. Below some of my favorites:

  • To consult the rules of composition before making a picture is a little like consulting the law of gravitation before going for a walk. Edward Weston.
  • The single most important component of a camera is the twelve inches behind it! Ansel Adams.
  • There is a vast difference between taking a picture and making a photograph. Robert Heinecken.
  • Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. Henri Cartier-Bresson.
  • Don’t shoot what it looks like. Shoot what it feels like. David Alan Harvey.
  • You can look at a picture for a week and never think of it again. You can also look at a picture for a second and think of it all your life. Joan Miro.
  • Great photography is about depth of feeling, not depth of field. Peter Adams.
  • Which of my photographs is my favorite? The one I’m going to take tomorrow. Imogen Cunningham.
  • We don’t learn from our good images; we learn from the ones that can be improved on. Jen Rozenbaum.
  • The best camera is the one you have with you. Chase Jarvis.

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