Photography records the gamut of feelings written on the human face, the beauty of the earth and skies that man has inherited, and the wealth and confusion man has created. It is a major force in explaining man to man.
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When I first became interested in photography, I thought it was the whole cheese. My idea was to have it recognized as one of the fine arts. Today I don't give a hoot in hell about that. The mission of photography is to explain man to man and each man to himself.Edward Steichen
Every ten years a man should give himself a good kick in the pants.
Edward Steichen
A good daguerreotype was as perfect a kind of photograph as was ever made.
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Every other artist begins with a blank canvas, a piece of paper the photographer begins with the finished product.
Edward Steichen
I knew, of course, that trees and plants had roots, stems, bark, branches and foliage that reached up toward the light. But I was coming to realize that the real magician was light itself.
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The mission of photography is to explain man to man and each to himself. And that is the most complicated thing on earth.
Edward Steichen
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