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We look at the world and see what we have learned to believe is there. We have been conditioned to expect... but, as photographers, we must learn to relax our beliefs. ↗

— Aaron Siskind

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We knew that if the photos of CIA officers conducting authorized EIT (enhanced interrogation techniques) ever got out, the difference between a legal, authorized, necessary, and safe program and the mindless actions of some MPs (military police) would be buried by the impact of the images. ↗

— Jose A. Rodriguez, Jr.

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In my view you cannot claim to have seen something until you have photographed it. ↗

— Emile Zola

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I didn't decide to be a photographer; I just happened to fall into it. ↗

— Berenice Abbott

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A photographer must be prepared to catch and hold on to those elements which give distinction to the subject or lend it atmosphere. ↗

— Bill Brandt

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Photography is still a very new medium and everything must be tried and dare. ↗

— Bill Brandt

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I would never dream, for example, of going to The States to photograph your wildlife. ↗

— Nigel Dennis

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Photography started as a means of getting reference material for my paintings of nature subjects. ↗

— Nigel Dennis

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People don't have time to wait for somebody to paint their portraits anymore. The money is in photography. ↗

— Robert Mapplethorpe

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I went into photography because it seemed like the perfect vehicle for commenting on the madness of today's existence. ↗

— Robert Mapplethorpe

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