I am a visual man. I watch, watch, watch. I understand things through my eyes.
Henri Cartier Bresson
Photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth which can make them come back again.
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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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The creative act lasts but a brief moment, a lightning instant of give-and-take, just long enough for you to level the camera and to trap the fleeting prey in your little box.
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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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In photography, the smallest thing can be a great subject. The little, human detail can become a Leitmotiv.
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Actually, I'm not all that interested in the subject of photography. Once the picture is in the box, I'm not all that interested in what happens next. Hunters, after all, aren't cooks.
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During the work, you have to be sure that you haven't left any holes, that you've captured everything, because afterwards it will be too late.
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It is through living that we discover ourselves, at the same time as we discover the world around us.
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Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst.
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For me, the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity.
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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.
We photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing, and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth which can make them come back again. We cannot develop and print a memory.
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Photography is simultaneously and instantaneously the recognition of a fact and the rigorous organization of visually perceived forms that express and signify that fact
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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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