Some favorite quotes:
"The camera is a remarkable instrument. Saturate yourself with your subject, and the camera will all but take you by the hand and point the way." - Margaret Bourke-White
"Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still." - Dorothea Lange
"A documentary photograph is not a factual photograph per se. It is a photograph which carries the full meaning of the episode." - Dorothea Lange
"...When I started to be published I thought about Margaret Bourke-White and the whole journalistic approach to things. I believed I was supposed to catch life going by me – that I wasn’t to alter it or tamper with it – that I was just to watch what was going on and report it as best I could. This shoot with John was different. I got involved, and I realized that you can’t help but be touched by what goes on in front of you. I no longer believe that there is such a thing as objectivity. Everyone has a point of view. Some people call it style, but what we’re really talking about is the guts of a photograph. When you trust your point of view, that’s when you start taking pictures." - Annie Leibovitz |
"To me, photography is discovering and
documenting cherished memories that last for
years to come." -Patti Photos

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