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FAVORITE PHOTOGRAPHY QUOTES

"Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst."

 — Henri Cartier-Bresson

 

"A photograph never lies ... about the photographer."

 — Chester Higgins

"When gifts are given to me through my camera, I accept them graciously."

 — Minor White

“If your photographs aren't good enough, you're not close enough. ”

 — Robert Capa

“The best thing about a picture is that it never changes, even when the people in it do.”

 — Andy Warhol

 

"Photography has nothing to do with cameras."

 — Lucas Gentry

 

“There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.”

 — Ansel Adams

 

"No place is boring if you've had a good night's sleep, and have a pocket full of unexposed film."

 — Robert Adams

“Taking pictures is like tiptoeing into the kitchen late at night, and stealing Oreo cookies.”

 — Diane Arbus

 

“All photographs are accurate. None of them is the truth.”

 — Richard Avedon

 

“Which of my photographs is my favorite? The one I’m going to make tomorrow.”

 — Imogen Cunningham

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