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“To take photographs means to recognize - simultaneously and within a fraction of a second - both the fact itself and the rigorous organization of visually perceived forms that give it meaning. It is putting one's head, one's eye and one's heart on the same axis.”
Henri Cartier-Bresson quotes (French Photographer, 1908-2004)

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“To photograph is to hold one's breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It's at that precise moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy.”
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“Above all, I craved to seize the whole essence, in the confines of one single photograph, of some situation that was in the process of unrolling itself before my eyes.”
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“There is only you and your camera. The limitations in your photography are in yourself, for what we see is what we are.”
Ernst Haas quotes
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“Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.”
Dorothea Lange quotes (American documentary photographer, 1895-1965)
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“I really believe there are things nobody would see if I didn't photograph them.”
Diane Arbus quotes (American Photographer She is best known for her photographs of out of the ordinary people, 1923-1971)
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“He made me suddenly realize that photographs could reach eternity through the moment.”
Henri Cartier-Bresson quotes (French Photographer, 1908-2004)
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“The photograph itself doesn't interest me. I want only to capture a minute part of reality.”
Henri Cartier-Bresson quotes (French Photographer, 1908-2004)
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“To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event.”
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“As I have practiced it, photography produces pleasure by simplicity. I see something special and show it to the camera. A picture is produced. The moment is held until someone sees it. Then it is theirs.”
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“Think about the photo before and after, never during. The secret is to take your time. You mustn't go too fast. The subject must forget about you. Then, however, you must be very quick.”
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