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Edward Weston Quotes

Since the recording process is instantaneous, and the nature of the image such that it cannot survive corrective handwork, it is obvious that the finished print must be created in full before the film is exposed Picture Quote #1

To compose a subject well means no more than to see and present it in the strongest manner possible Picture Quote #1

Ultimately success or failure in photographing people depends on the photographer’s ability to understand his fellow man Picture Quote #1

The camera should be used for a recording of life, for rendering the very substance and quintessence of the thing itself, whether it be polished steel or palpitating flesh Picture Quote #1

The fact is that relatively few photographers ever master their medium. Instead they allow the medium to master them and go on an endless squirrel cage chase from new lens to new paper to new developer to new gadget, never staying with one piece of equipment long enough to learn its full capacities, becoming lost in a maze of technical information that is of little or no use since they don’t know what to do with it Picture Quote #1

My own eyes are no more than scouts on a preliminary search, for the camera’s eye may entirely change my idea, even switch me to different subject matter. So I start out with my mind as free from image as the silver film on which I am to record, and I hope as sensitive Picture Quote #1

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The photograph isolates and perpetuates a moment of time: an important and revealing moment, or an unimportant and meaningless one, depending upon the photographer’s understanding of his subject and mastery of his process Picture Quote #1

People who wouldn’t think of taking a sieve to the well to draw water fail to see the folly in taking a camera to make a painting Picture Quote #1

This then: to photograph a rock, have it look like a rock, but be more than a rock Picture Quote #1

I would say to any artist: Don’t be repressed in your work, dare to experiment, consider any urge, if in a new direction all the better Picture Quote #1

I don’t care if you make a print on a bath mat, just as long as it is a good print Picture Quote #1

Why limit yourself to what your eyes see when you have an opportunity to extend your vision? Picture Quote #1

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The prejudice many photographers have against colour photography comes from not thinking of colour as form. You can say things with colour that can’t be said in black and white... Those who say that colour will eventually replace black and white are talking nonsense. The two do not compete with each other. They are different means to different ends Picture Quote #1

... the pepper is beginning to show signs of strain, and tonight should grace a salad. It has been suggested that I am a cannibal to eat my models Picture Quote #1

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Since the recording process is instantaneous, and the nature of the image such that it cannot survive corrective handwork, it is obvious that the finished print must be created in full before the film is exposed (Edward Weston Quotes) To compose a subject well means no more than to see and present it in the strongest manner possible (Edward Weston Quotes) Ultimately success or failure in photographing people depends on the photographer’s ability to understand his fellow man (Edward Weston Quotes) The camera should be used for a recording of life, for rendering the very substance and quintessence of the thing itself, whether it be polished steel or palpitating flesh (Edward Weston Quotes) The fact is that relatively few photographers ever master their medium. Instead they allow the medium to master them and go on an endless squirrel cage chase from new lens to new paper to new developer to new gadget, never staying with one piece of equipment long enough to learn its full capacities, becoming lost in a maze of technical information that is of little or no use since they don’t know what to do with it (Edward Weston Quotes) My own eyes are no more than scouts on a preliminary search, for the camera’s eye may entirely change my idea, even switch me to different subject matter. So I start out with my mind as free from image as the silver film on which I am to record, and I hope as sensitive (Edward Weston Quotes) The photograph isolates and perpetuates a moment of time: an important and revealing moment, or an unimportant and meaningless one, depending upon the photographer’s understanding of his subject and mastery of his process (Edward Weston Quotes) People who wouldn’t think of taking a sieve to the well to draw water fail to see the folly in taking a camera to make a painting (Edward Weston Quotes) This then: to photograph a rock, have it look like a rock, but be more than a rock (Edward Weston Quotes) I would say to any artist: Don’t be repressed in your work, dare to experiment, consider any urge, if in a new direction all the better (Edward Weston Quotes) I don’t care if you make a print on a bath mat, just as long as it is a good print (Edward Weston Quotes) Why limit yourself to what your eyes see when you have an opportunity to extend your vision? (Edward Weston Quotes) The prejudice many photographers have against colour photography comes from not thinking of colour as form. You can say things with colour that can’t be said in black and white... Those who say that colour will eventually replace black and white are talking nonsense. The two do not compete with each other. They are different means to different ends (Edward Weston Quotes) ... the pepper is beginning to show signs of strain, and tonight should grace a salad. It has been suggested that I am a cannibal to eat my models (Edward Weston Quotes)

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