Alfred Stieglitz Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

10 Famous Quotes by Alfred Stieglitz
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“I do not object to retouching, dodging. or accentuation as long as they do not interfere with the natural qualities of photographic technique.”
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“The arts equally have distinct departments, and unless photography has its own possibilities of expression, separate from those of the other arts, it is merely a process, not an art.”
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“Let me here call attention to one of the most universally popular mistakes that have to do with photography - that of classing supposedly excellent work as professional, and using the term amateur to convey the idea of immature productions and to excuse atrociously poor photographs.”
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“In photography there is a reality so subtle that it becomes more real than reality.”
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“As I hold the future well-being of photography very dear I must see to it that these forces which militate against it be opposed and destroyed.”
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“The goal of art was the vital expression of self.”
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“Wherever there is light, one can photograph.”
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“In the American Grain: Dove, Hartley, Marin, O'Keeffe and Stieglitz”
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“I am not a painter, nor an artist. Therefore I can see straight, and that may be my undoing.”
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“India: A Celebration of Independence”
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