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#907 - Charles Scowen
The Lake Kandy, Sri Lanka 1880
“I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.”
~ Susan Sontag
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#900 - Willy Ronis
La Ciotat, 1947
“Most of my photographs were taken in the spur of the moment, very quickly, just as they occurred. All attention focuses on the specific instant, almost too good to be true, which can only vanish in the following one”
~ Willy Ronis
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#848 - Willy Ronis
Fondamente Nuove, Venice, 1959
“The sun, which was already a little low created sharp silhouettes against the back light. I switched out the 28mm for the exact opposite, the 135 mm which would best form the image that I was hoping for and which I could already see in my head. Just as I hoped a little girl stepped on to the bridge. A single click”
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#829 - John Simmons
His Head Is In The Clouds, Texas, 2022
“A plane aims for the heavens but goes no higher while heaven continues upward, boundless like dreams, infinite like the horizon across the windows. A man with his head in the clouds dreams, free”
~ John Simmons
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#2 - Alfred Stieglitz
The Steerage, 1907
Of course, “The Steerage” is one of the most celebrated images in the history of photography. For good reason as its' genius graphic construction and human empathy is utterly timeless.