Quote by Berenice Abbott
Photography can only represent the present. Once photographed, the

Photography can only represent the present. Once photographed, the subject becomes part of the past. – Berenice Abbott

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What the human eye observes causally and incuriously, the eye of the camera notes with relentless fidelity. – Berenice Abbott

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Does not the very word creative mean to build, to initiate, to give out, to act – rather than to be acted upon, to be subjective? Living photography is positive in its approach, it sings a song of life – not death. – Berenice Abbott

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There are many teachers who could ruin you. Before you know it you could be a pale copy of this teacher or that teacher. You have to evolve on your own. – Berenice Abbott

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Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships. – Ansel Adams

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The photographic image… is a message without a code. – Roland Barthes

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Everyone has a photographic memory, but not everyone has film. – Author Unknown

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