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  1. instagr.am/p/eZU7q/
  2. "The best still images, they just nail you, you remember them." -Bill Eppridge. On @rawfileblog: bit.ly/s8lLUL
  3. Of course I realize that photography is not the technical facility as much as it is the eye. - Ben Shahn
  4. "The world just does not fit conveniently into the format of a 35mm camera." -W. Eugene Smith
  5. "I try to stay focused on producing something that rings true, that doesn’t pander." - Matt Black
  6. The photographer should suffer, not the audience. Daniel Rubenstein
  7. "One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things." -Henry Miller
  8. I have photographed all 9 of the must read geek books. I wonder if this gets me any geek cred. bit.ly/oo1HAu
  9. I never made a person look bad. They do that themselves. The portrait is your mirror. It’s you. -August Sander
  10. "I feel totally responsible for what I see. I feel totally responsible for what I photograph." -Danny Lyon
  11. "I can´t describe reality; at the most, I can try to capture things that seem to be valid, the way I see them." -Anders Peterson
  12. @ObiOkorougo Depends on what you are looking to do with it and the budget. @NinerBikes just release the new One 9. bit.ly/odOAlL Hot.
  13. "Poetry is my first love. Photography often fail to look into things. It looks at things. Poetry is so much more truthful." -Larry Towell
  14. “You test until something breaks, then you fix it,” B. Libo, Shure.“And you keep going until you can’t fix it anymore.” bit.ly/nqrElp
  15. "Sun don't shine on the same dog's ass everyday, but, mister you ain't seen a ray of light since you got here." - Opal Fleener, Hoosiers
  16. @dylan20 I hope the door is ok.
  17. .@eleanorokane I try to differentiate the message from the messenger. I suggest from a historical perspective DL went lightly.
  18. “Hands off. I do not molest what I photograph, I do not meddle and I do not arrange.” - Dorthea Lange