Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 07:06 PM 1/3/2009, you wrote: The purpose of photography is to explain man to man and every man to himself >Edward Steichen > >Thanks to Google. > >Tina To be more precise: When I first became interested in photography my idea was to have it recognized as one of the fine arts. Today I don?t give a hoot in hell about that. The mission of photography is to explain man to man and each to himself. And that is the most complicated things on earth and almost as na?ve as a tender plant. - <http://www.photoquotes.com/ShowQuotes.aspx?id=120&name=Steichen,Edward>Edward Steichen - as commented on his 90th birthday., Collection, Use, and Care of Historical Photographs by Robert A. Weinstein , ISBN: 091005021X , Page: 16 This book is available from <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/091005021X/ref=nosim/photoquotes>Amazon.com Tina Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com