"The fundamental issue is one of emphasis: you are not a photographer because you are interested in photography...The reason is that photography is only a tool, a vehicle, for expressing or transmitting a passion in something else. It is not the end result."

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Source : "On Being a Photographer". Book by Bill Jay and David Hurn, 1997.

David Hurn

#Photography Quotes #Passion Quotes #Issues Quotes

“I've run into some S.O.B. directors, but I gave them back as good as I got.”
“Without movement there is no Life...We should use our energy to the fullest.”
“The truth is that reason is the enemy of life.”
“Our government makes the simple promise of a secure retirement to every American who works for many years and contributes to our retirement benefit system.”
“Some legislators only wish to vengeance against a particular enemy. Others only look out for themselves. They devote very little time on the consideration of any public issue. They think that no harm will come from their neglect. They act as if it is always the business of somebody else to look after this or that. When this selfish notion is entertained by all, the commonwealth slowly begins to decay.”
“Do you ever think if people heard our conversations they'd lock us up?" All the time.”
“Wherever despotism abounds, the sources of public information are the first to be brought under its control. Where ever the cause of liberty is making its way, one of its highest accomplishments is the guarantee of the freedom of the press.”
“No man can prophesy with another's parable.”

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