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Dorothea Lange [1895-1965] American

Dorothea Lange was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist, best known for her Depression-era work for the Farm Security Administration.

Art, Courage, Learning, Life, Time

Quote	Tags	Rank
Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.	Art, Life, Time	101
I believe in living with the camera, and not using the camera.		102
Seeing is more than a physiological phenomenon... We see not only with our eyes but with all that we are and all that our culture is. The artist is a professional see-er.		103
While there is perhaps a province in which the photograph can tell us nothing more than what we see with our own eyes, there is another in which it proves to us how little our eyes permit us to see.		104
To know ahead of time what you're looking for means you're then only photographing your own preconceptions, which is very limiting, and often false.		105
The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.		106
A camera teaches you how to see without a camera.		107
The people who are garrulous and wear their heart on their sleeve and tell you everything, that's one kind of person, but the fellow who's hiding behind a tree and hoping you don't see him is the fellow that you'd better find out why.		108
One should really use the camera as though tomorrow you'd be stricken blind.		109
A camera is a tool for learning how to see without a camera.	Learning	110
I many times encountered courage, real courage. Undeniable courage. I've heard it said that that was the highest quality of the human animal. I encountered that many times, in unexpected places. And I have learned to recognize it when I see it.	Courage	111
It is not enough to photograph the obviously picturesque.		112
The words that come direct from the people are the greatest... If you substitute one out of your own vocabulary, it disappears before your eyes.		113
I believe that what we call beautiful is generally a by-product.		114
Pick a theme and work it to exhaustion... the subject must be something you truly love or truly hate.		115
The visual life is an enormous undertaking, practically unattainable.		116
No country has ever closely scrutinized itself visually.		117
Surefire things are deadening to the human spirit.		118
A documentary photograph is not a factual photograph.		119

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