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#1299 - Jane Bown
Bertrand Russell
“I was terrified, I didn’t think I even knew who he was. But the light was good”
~ Jane Bown
(1925-2014)“War doesn’t determine who is right - only who is left”
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#1281 - Burt Glinn
Andy Warhol with Edie Sedgwick and Chuck Wein, New York, 1965
"I think that what you've got to do is discover the essential truth of the situation, and have a point of view about it."
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#1260 - Flor Garduño
La Mujer Que Sueña, Pinotepa Nacional, México, 1991
“The models are friends of mine. These photographs involve moments of complicity that only a friend could accept. If there is no fondness between the model and the photographer, this kind of work cannot be done”
~ Flor Garduno
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#1231 - Henri Cartier-Bresson
Henri Matisse, 1944
“Street photography is a joy. But the most difficult thing for me is a portrait. It’s not at all like someone you catch on the street. You have to try and put your camera between the skin of a person and his shirt, which is not an easy thing”
~ Henri Cartier-Bresson
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#1220 - Flor Garduño
Santo Reposo / "Holy Rest", Santa Catarina Palapó, Guatemala, 1989
“I want to express our dignity, beauty, suffering and resistance. This is the force of our gender."
Flor Garduño
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#887 - Kurt Markus
Bert Ancell, Bell Ranch, New Mexico, 1983
"It’s not about a moment, it’s about a moment made."
~ Kurt Markus
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#856 - Marc Riboud
Varanasi, India, 1956
“For me photography is a passion, closer to an obsession. It is not an intellectual process. It is a visual one. While shooting, if we think too much we miss the birdie. A good photograph is a surprise. How could we plan a surprise? We just have to be ready.”
~ Marc Riboud
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#807 - Flor Garduño
La Mujer Que Sueña, Pinotepa Nacional, México, 1991
"The models are friends of mine: these photographs involve moments of complicity that only a friend could accept. If there is no fondness between the model and the photographer, this kind of work cannot be done."
~ Flor Garduño
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#9 - Bruce Davidson
4th of July Fireworks, 1962
Bruce is one of the great Magnum photographers best known for his gritty urban work. This is a rare gem in his archive. Full of wonderment, humanity and hope.