The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.
From Dorothea Lange
The words that come direct from the people are the greatest... If you substitute one out of your own vocabulary, it disappears before your eyes.
I believe that what we call beautiful is generally a by-product.
A documentary photograph is not a factual photograph.
No country has ever closely scrutinized itself visually.
I many times encountered courage, real courage. Undeniable courage. I've heard it said that that was the highest quality of the human animal. I encountered that many times, in unexpected places. And I have learned to recognize it when I see it.
Surefire things are deadening to the human spirit.
The visual life is an enormous undertaking, practically unattainable.
One should really use the camera as though tomorrow you'd be stricken blind.
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