Quote by John Berger
Unlike any other visual image, a photograph is not a rendering, an

Unlike any other visual image, a photograph is not a rendering, an imitation or an interpretation of its subject, but actually a trace of it. No painting or drawing, however naturalist, belongs to its subject in the way that a photograph does. – John Berger

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Nakedness reveals itself. Nudity is placed on display. The nude is condemned to never being naked. Nudity is a form of dress. – John Berger

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The envied are like bureaucrats; the more impersonal they are, the greater the illusion (for themselves and for others) of their power. – John Berger

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My portraits are more about me than they are about the people I photograph. – Richard Avedon

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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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When you photograph people in colour you photograph their clothes. But when you photograph people in B&W, you photograph their souls! – Ted Grant

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No photographer is as good as the simplest camera. – Edward Steichen

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