The camera should be used for a recording of life, for rendering the very substance and quintessence of the thing itself, whether it be polished steel or palpitating flesh. Edward Weston More Quotes by Edward Weston More Quotes From Edward Weston Modern Art is being used to index me. Surely it was a source but photographers have influenced Modern Art quite as deeply as they have been influenced, maybe more. Anyway painters don't have a copyright on M. A. We were all born in the same upheaval. Edward Weston upheaval photographer art For the obvious reason that nature - unadulterated and unimproved by man - is simply chaos. In fact, the camera proves that nature is crude and lacking in arrangement. Edward Weston cameras men facts "Only with effort can the camera be forced to lie: basically it is an honest medium: so the photographer is much more likely to approach nature in a spirit of inquiry, of communion, instead of with the saucy swagger of self-dubbed "artists"." Edward Weston photography artist lying I find myself every so often looking at my ground glass as though the unrecorded image might escape me! Edward Weston glasses photographer might ...through this photographic eye you will be able to look out on a new light-world, a world for the most part uncharted and unexplored, a world that lies waiting to be discovered and revealed. Edward Weston light eye lying When subject matter is forced to fit into preconceived patterns, there can be no freshness of vision. Following rules of composition can only lead to a tedious repetition of pictorial cliches. Edward Weston patterns vision photography My work is never intellectual. I never make a negative unless emotionally moved by my subject. Edward Weston subjects intellectual negative Now to consult the rules of composition before making a picture is a little like consulting the law of gravitation before going for a walk. Such rules and laws are deduced from the accomplished fact; they are the products of reflection. Edward Weston picture walk reflection law Consulting the rules of composition before taking a photograph, is like consulting the laws of gravity before going for a walk. Edward Weston rules walk like photograph
