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The work I care about is terr...

The work I care about is terribly simple. I observe. I try to entertain. But above all I want my pictures to be emotional. Little else interests me in photography.

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Photography is a craft. Anyon...

Photography is a craft. Anyone can learn a craft with normal intelligence and application. To take it beyond the craft is something else. That's when magic comes in. And I don't know that there's any explanation for that.

Elliott Erwitt 60 quotes

As a professional photographe...

As a professional photographer I take photographs for other people to see - but I want them to see what I see. So I never assume that only a few people will appreciate what I do. At all times, the public should be able to understand what I've done, even if they don't understand how I've done it.

Elliott Erwitt 60 quotes

I am a professional photograp...

I am a professional photographer by trade and an amateur photographer by vocation.

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You can find pictures anywher...

You can find pictures anywhere. It's simply a matter of noticing things and organizing them.

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I see no difference between m...

I see no difference between my pictures that people consider amusing and the rest. To me, it's all serious work - they're just a reaction to what I see. I don't leave this apartment in the morning and say to myself 'Today I'm going to be funny and tomorrow I'm going to be sad.'

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I don't think you can create ...

I don't think you can create luck. You're either lucky or you're not. I don't know if it's really luck or if it's just curiosity. I think the main ingredient, or a main ingredient for photography is curiosity. If you're curious enough and if you get up in the morning and go out and take pictures, you're likely to be more lucky than if you just stay at home.

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Balance of light is the probl...

Balance of light is the problem, not the amount. Balance between shadows and highlights determines where the emphasis goes in the picture...make sure the major light in a picture falls at right angles to the camera.

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It's about time we started to...

It's about time we started to take photography seriously and treat it as a hobby.

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You must have a visual sense ...

You must have a visual sense if you want to be a photographer. It is a very subtle thing, this visual business.

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The best things happen when y...

The best things happen when you just happen to be somewhere with a camera.

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Most photographers work best a...

Most photographers work best alone, myself included.

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I appreciate simplicity, true ...

I appreciate simplicity, true beauty that lasts over time, and a little wit and eclecticism that make life more fun.

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The advantage of taking pictur...

The advantage of taking pictures of the famous is that they get published.

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When I get up in the morning I...

When I get up in the morning I brush my teeth and go about my business, and if I am going anywhere interesting I take my camera along.

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To me, photography is an art o...

To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.

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Quality has to do with inten...

Quality has to do with intention.

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I'm almost violent about that ...

I'm almost violent about that stuff - electronic manipulation of pictures. I think it's an abomination. I reject it all. I mean, it's OK for selling corn flakes or automobiles or for taking pimples out of Elizabeth Taylor's face, but it undermines the thing that photography is about, which is about observation and not about manipulation of images.

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Now very often events are set ...

Now very often events are set up for photographers... The weddings are orchestrated about the photographers taking the picture, because if it hasn't been photographed it doesn't really exist.

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I've been around so long, most...

I've been around so long, most editors think I'm dead.

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