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I find it some of the hardest photography and the most challenging photography I've ever done. It's a real challenge to work with the natural features and the natural light. Galen Rowell

Work Photography Natural Light Challenge Find Some Features Most Real Done Ever Challenging Hardest

If we limit our vision to the real world, we will forever be fighting on the minus side of things, working only too make our photographs equal to what we see out there, but no better. Galen Rowell

For me, documentary photography has always come with great responsibility. Not just to tell the story honestly and with empathy, but also to make sure the right people hear it. When you photograph somebody who is in pain or discomfort, they trust you to make sure the images will act as their advocate. Giles Duley

Great Me You Trust Photography People Will Responsibility Somebody Pain Honestly Right People Tell Photograph Great Responsibility Empathy Come Also Documentary Make Sure Advocate Always Discomfort Hear Just Story Act Who Right Images

A lot of great creativity comes from restrictions. Giles Duley

Great Creativity Restrictions Lot

Everyone in a band has a big ego - they love having pictures taken. Giles Duley

Love Ego Big Band Everyone Having Taken Pictures

I'm not a war photographer. I've always dealt with the consequences of conflict. Giles Duley

War Conflict Consequences Photographer Always Dealt

For most Olympic athletes, their training is their hardest challenge and where they push themselves to the limit. For Paralympians, training and competition is an escape from the hardships and struggles of their everyday life. That is the difference. Giles Duley

Life Training Competition Challenge Hardships Everyday Life Everyday Athletes Struggles Push Most Limit Escape Difference Where Themselves Hardest Olympic

When I worked as a music and fashion photographer, I always had the nagging feeling that there was something missing, that I wasn't using my skills productively. I gave up photography - I walked away from it completely - and started doing care work. Giles Duley

The subject matter is so much more important than the photographer. Gordon Parks

Matter Important Photographer More Subject Subject Matter Than Much

And now, I feel at 85, I really feel that I'm just ready to start. Gordon Parks

Feel Ready Just Really Now Start

And I think that after nearly 85 years upon this planet that I have a right after working so hard at showing the desolation and the poverty, to show something beautiful for somebody as well. Gordon Parks

Beautiful Somebody Poverty Think Desolation Something Well Years After Planet Working Hard Show Showing Nearly Right

I think maybe the rural influence in my life helped me in a sense, of knowing how to get close to people and talk to them and get my work done. Gordon Parks

Life Work Me People My Life Sense Think Rural Talk Knowing How Close Get Done Maybe Influence Them Helped

I was there less than a year before I was assigned to the Paris bureau. I spent two years there and, in fact, before I even went on the staff I was sent to Europe to do assignments which they wouldn't normally do for a young photographer just starting out. Gordon Parks

Year Before Young Spent Out Photographer Paris Fact Years Normally Than Bureau Just Staff In Fact Which Sent Less Europe Even Assigned Assignments Starting Two

I'd become sort of involved in things that were happening to people. No matter what color they be, whether they be Indians, or Negroes, the poor white person or anyone who was I thought more or less getting a bad shake. Gordon Parks

People Matter Thought Become White Negroes Bad Indians Shake More More Or Less Color Involved Sort Were Person Getting Anyone Happening Whether Poor Less Who Things

Being behind the lens gives me a completely different perspective, and because of my blog, I get to do projects and attend shows lending me another angle. Hanneli Mustaparta

Me Perspective Projects Angle Gives Attend Another Because Blog Get Behind Being Different Lending Lens Different Perspective Shows

I'm self-taught and emailed photographers I knew if I had questions I couldn't figure out from the manual or online. Hanneli Mustaparta

Emailed Out Photographers Online Had Knew Self-Taught Questions Manual Figure

I was born in Coney Island. I like to think I fell out of the womb onto the fun park's giant Parachute Jump while eating a Nathan's hot dog. Harold Feinstein

Dog Think Giant Parachute Out Born Eating Park Onto Hot Hot Dog Like Fell Island Womb Jump While Fun

I always feel I had a very lucky life. For example, I sure didn't want to go in the army: when I was drafted in the Korean War, I wanted to go as a photographer. But luckily, they put me in the infantry - luckily because the official photographer was photographing the medal awarding and all the official situations. Harold Feinstein

Life War Me Army Example Photographer Photographing Had Put Feel For Example Sure Because Always Korean Korean War Go Infantry Very Official Situations Want Wanted Luckily Lucky Medal Awarding Drafted

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