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

“For me, the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity.”  – Henri Cartier-Bresson

“I HATE NOTHING MORE THAN SUGARY PHOTOGRAPHS WITH TRICKS, POSES AND EFFECTS. SO ALLOW ME TO BE HONEST AND TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT OUR AGE AND ITS PEOPLE.”-  AUGUST SANDER

“By Interstate 70: a dog skeleton, a vacuum cleaner, TV dinners, a doll, a pie, rolls of carpet….Later, next to the South Platte River: algae, broken concrete, jet contrails, the smell of crude oil…. What I hope to document, though not at the expense of surface detail, is the form that underlies this apparent chaos.” – Robert Adams

“Of course, there will always be those who look only at technique, who ask “how,” while others of a more curious nature will ask “why.” Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.”-  Man Ray

“In photography there are no shadows that cannot be illuminated.” – August Sander

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“THE JOB OF THE PHOTOGRAPHER, IN MY VIEW, IS NOT TO CATALOGUE INDISPUTABLE FACT BUT TO TRY TO BE COHERENT ABOUT INTUITION AND HOPE.”- ROBERT ADAMS

“Being a photographer is making people look at what I want them to look at.” – Ruth Orkin

“Stare. It is the way to educate your eye, and more. Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long.” – Walker Evans

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