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Preach it, brother!

Alexandra Marie — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 00:28:19 +0000

“A good photograph is one that communicate a fact, touches the heart, leaves the viewer a changed person for having seen it. It is, in a word, effective.” – Irving Penn

Breakfast at Tiffanys

Alexandra Marie — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 06:52:52 +0000

Paul Varjak: I love you.

Holly Golightly: So what?

Paul: So what? So plenty! I love you!

So what?

Quote for the Road: Elliott Erwitt

Alexandra Marie — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 08:28:00 +0000

“Making pictures is a very simple act. There is no great secret in photography…schools are a bunch of crap. You just need practice and application of what you’ve learned. My absolute conviction is that if you are working reasonably well the only important thing is to keep shooting…it doesn’t matter whether you are making money or not. Keep working, because as you go through the process of working things begin to happen.”

Quote for the Road: Julius Shulman (RIP)

Alexandra Marie — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:25:00 +0000

“That was still a mystery to many, many photographers. I used flash. We didn’t have strobe lights in those days. We used flashbulbs. Color and black and white photography. I was able to produce pictures of such perfect balance between the indoors and outdoors without being obtrusive, without making the pictures obviously… producing the feeling that a photographer was there.”

Quote for the Road: Man Ray

Alexandra Marie — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 22:46:00 +0000

“Of course, there will always be those who look only at technique, who ask ‘how,’ while others of a more curious nature will ask ‘why.’ Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.”

Quote for the Road: Chadwick Tyler

Alexandra Marie — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:14:00 +0000

“For me, to work with a model is to find a connection, to develop a mode of communication & to create a relationship, in order to draw what is within her out to the surface.”

Quote for the Road: Nick Knight

Alexandra Marie — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 08:07:00 +0000

“Photography makes your life larger but trying to relive (nostalgic) moments is futile.”

Quote for the Road: Dorothea Lange

Alexandra Marie — Tue, 26 May 2009 19:59:00 +0000

“To live a visual life is an enormous undertaking, practically unattainable. I have only touched it, just touched it.”

Quote for the Road: Marc Jacobs

Alexandra Marie — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 02:46:00 +0000

“I love the reaction of love or hate. It’s indifference that bores me to death.”