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.
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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.Edward Steichen
Every ten years a man should give himself a good kick in the pants.
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There is only one optimist. He has been here since man has been on this earth, and that is man himself. If we hadn't had such a magnificent optimism to carry us through all these things, we wouldn't be here. We have survived it on our optimism.
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When that shutter clicks, anything else that can be done afterward is not worth consideration.
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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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