It is more important to click with people than to click the shutter.
About Alfred Eisenstaedt
Alfred Eisenstaedtwas a German-born American photographer and photojournalist. He began his career in Germany prior to World War II but achieved prominence as a staff photographer for Life magazine after moving to the U.S. Life featured more than 90 of his pictures on its covers, and more than 2,500 of his photo stories were published.
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I dream that someday the step between my mind and my finger will no longer be needed. And that simply by blinking my eyes, I shall make pictures. Then, I think, I shall really have become a photographer.
German American photographer
Keep it simple.
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Never boss people around. It’s more important to click with people than to click the shutter.
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We are only beginning to learn what to say in a photograph. The world we live in is a succession of fleeting moments, any one of which might say something significant.
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When I have a camera in my hand, I know no fear.
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It is more important to click with people than to click the shutter.
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I don’t like to work with assistants. I’m already one too many; the camera alone would be enough.
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Once the amateur’s naive approach and humble willingness to learn fades away, the creative spirit of good photography dies with it. Every professional should remain always in his heart an amateur.
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