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Photographer Quotations
A Member Challenge using the Standard Editing rules.

Description
Find a quotation from a famous photographer, and create a photograph that somehow communicates that quotation. The quotation should appear as your title.

Submission Dates:
  Jul 29 2016 - Aug 4 2016

Voting Dates:
  Aug 5 2016 - Aug 11 2016

Submissions: 48
Disqualifications: 0
Votes: 2,310
Comments: 202

Average Score: 5.89437
Highest Score: 7
Median Score: 5.875
Lowest Score: 4.8723
Results for Photographer Quotations:
Challenge Results for Photographer Quotations
“If you see something that moves you, and then snap it, you keep a moment.”
by Cory

1st place with an
average vote of 7.0000

Views: 2266 (110 during voting)
Votes: 49
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Average Vote (Participants): 6.880
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 7.125
Wherever there is light, one can photograph. Alfred Stieglitz
by Alex_Petrini

2nd place with an
average vote of 6.9592

Views: 1462 (120 during voting)
Votes: 49
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Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.885
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 7.044
"Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still" - Dorothea Lange
by JakeKurdsjuk

3rd place with an
average vote of 6.7347

Views: 1230 (103 during voting)
Votes: 49
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Average Vote (Participants): 6.680
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.792
A camera didn't make a great picture anymore than a typewriter wrote a great novel. - Peter Adams
by grahamgator

4th place with an
average vote of 6.6735

Views: 1198 (103 during voting)
Votes: 49
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Average Vote (Participants): 6.640
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.708
My life is shaped by the urgent need to wander and observe, and my camera is my passport - S.McCurry
by markwiley

5th place with an
average vote of 6.5652

Views: 1330 (112 during voting)
Votes: 46
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Average Vote (Participants): 6.478
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.652
Essentially what photography is, is life lit up - Sam Abell
by Neat

6th place with an
average vote of 6.5625

Views: 1064 (101 during voting)
Votes: 48
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Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.520
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.609
A good photograph is knowing where to stand. - Ansel Adams
by Ammie

7th place with an
average vote of 6.5102

Views: 651 (102 during voting)
Votes: 49
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Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.400
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.625
A good photograph is knowing where to stand
by P-A-U-L

8th place with an
average vote of 6.4694

Views: 718 (104 during voting)
Votes: 49
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Average Vote (Participants): 6.520
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.417
If Your Pictures Aren’t Good Enough, You’re Not Close Enough
by otto22

9th place with an
average vote of 6.4600

Views: 564 (117 during voting)
Votes: 50
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Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.269
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.667
We have the impression that all the pristine areas of our planet are gone but they are not. -Salgado
by Waitingsilence

10th place with an
average vote of 6.4167

Views: 561 (101 during voting)
Votes: 48
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Average Vote (Participants): 6.560
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.261
“There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.” - Ansel Adams
by tvsometime

11th place with an
average vote of 6.3478

Views: 509 (93 during voting)
Votes: 46
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Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.120
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.619
“Wherever there is light, one can photograph.” Alfred Stieglitz
by artvet

12th place with an
average vote of 6.3125

Views: 523 (107 during voting)
Votes: 48
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Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.360
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.261
Light makes photography. Embrace light. Admire it. Love it. - George Eastman
by westford

13th place with an
average vote of 6.2917

Views: 593 (108 during voting)
Votes: 48
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Average Vote (Participants): 6.154
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.455
"Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still"--Dorothea Lange
by illini75

14th place with an
average vote of 6.2800

Views: 498 (107 during voting)
Votes: 50
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Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.154
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.417
"...One doesn't stop framing. It doesn't turn off and turn on. Its on all the time." Annie Leibovitz
by crik

15th place with an
average vote of 6.2391

Views: 385 (96 during voting)
Votes: 46
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Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.000
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.524
“Wherever there is light, one can photograph” (Alfred Stieglitz)
by Sisto

16th place with an
average vote of 6.2245

Views: 484 (105 during voting)
Votes: 49
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Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.040
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.417
Light makes photography. Embrace light. Admire it. Love it. But above all, know light.
by IreneM

17th place with an
average vote of 6.1224

Views: 669 (95 during voting)
Votes: 49
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Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.039
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.217
'All photos are accurate; none of them is telling the truth'- R.Avedon
by mariuca

18th place with an
average vote of 6.1042

Views: 395 (108 during voting)
Votes: 48
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Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.200
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.000
If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough
by hajeka

19th place with an
average vote of 6.0426

Views: 593 (101 during voting)
Votes: 47
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Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.760
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.364
If your pictures aren't good enough, you aren't close enough
by giantmike

20th place with an
average vote of 6.0408

Views: 466 (93 during voting)
Votes: 49
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Average Vote (Participants): 5.923
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.174
I don’t trust words. I trust pictures
by Pascal

21st place with an
average vote of 6.0204

Views: 834 (100 during voting)
Votes: 49
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Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.731
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.348
“My emotions, instincts, and interests are all with nature.” – Eliot Porter
by glad2badad

22nd place with an
average vote of 5.9184

Views: 494 (99 during voting)
Votes: 49
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Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.885
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.957
The eye should learn to listen before it looks.--Robert Frank--
by GeorgesBogaert

23rd place with an
average vote of 5.9167

Views: 514 (99 during voting)
Votes: 48
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Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.760
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.087
“If your pictures aren’t good enough, you aren’t close enough.” (Robert Capa)
by mefnj

24th place with an
average vote of 5.8958

Views: 439 (91 during voting)
Votes: 48
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Average Vote (Participants): 5.731
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.091
The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.
by riot

25th place with an
average vote of 5.8750

Views: 805 (98 during voting)
Votes: 48
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Average Vote (Participants): 5.808
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.955
The camera sees more than the eye, so why not make use of it? - Edward Weston
by vawendy

26th place with an
average vote of 5.8696

Views: 529 (97 during voting)
Votes: 46
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Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.826
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.913
I like(when) the viewer is allowed to meditate on something that normally we don’t stop and stare at
by GinaRothfels

27th place with an
average vote of 5.7708

Views: 550 (96 during voting)
Votes: 48
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Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.962
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.546
Let the subject generate its own photographs. Become a camera. — Minor White
by Bear_Music

28th place with an
average vote of 5.7447

Views: 429 (97 during voting)
Votes: 47
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Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.680
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.818
"A good photograph is knowing where to stand." Ansel Adams
by hahn23

29th place with an
average vote of 5.7083

Views: 380 (96 during voting)
Votes: 48
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Average Vote (Participants): 5.440
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.000
Photography is my second language
by Mona

29th place with an
average vote of 5.7083

Views: 297 (93 during voting)
Votes: 48
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Average Vote (Participants): 5.462
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.000
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Average Vote (Participants): 0.000
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“The photograph itself doesn’t interest me. I want only to capture a minute part of reality.” HCB
by tnun

31st place with an
average vote of 5.6809

Views: 477 (92 during voting)
Votes: 47
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Average Vote (Participants): 5.520
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.864
Photography is the story I fail to put into words. - Destin Sparks
by Judi

32nd place with an
average vote of 5.6600

Views: 488 (114 during voting)
Votes: 50
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Average Vote (Participants): 5.500
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.833
"Only photograph what you love" ; "If your pictures aren't good enough, you aren't close enough"
by jnenvir

32nd place with an
average vote of 5.6600

Views: 420 (98 during voting)
Votes: 50
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Average Vote (Participants): 5.346
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.000
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Average Vote (Participants): 0.000
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"The subject matter is so much more important than the photographer" - Gordon Parks
by PennyStreet

34th place with an
average vote of 5.6596

Views: 317 (93 during voting)
Votes: 47
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Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.560
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.773
“Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art.” — Ambrose Bierce
by skewsme

35th place with an
average vote of 5.4694

Views: 385 (90 during voting)
Votes: 49
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Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.539
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.391
All photographs are accurate. None of them is the truth. ~Richard Avedon
by Jules1x

36th place with an
average vote of 5.4583

Views: 282 (111 during voting)
Votes: 48
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Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.077
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.909
A good photograph is knowing where to stand.
by Tiberius

36th place with an
average vote of 5.4583

Views: 371 (99 during voting)
Votes: 48
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Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.231
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.727
Mysteries lie all around us, even in the most familiar things, waiting only to be perceived.
by PenelopeK

36th place with an
average vote of 5.4583

Views: 385 (109 during voting)
Votes: 48
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Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.360
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.565
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Average Vote (Participants): 0.000
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We try to grab pieces of our lives as they speed past us. Photographs freeze those pieces and help …
by GeneralE

39th place with an
average vote of 5.4375

Views: 405 (92 during voting)
Votes: 48
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Average Vote (Participants): 5.280
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.609
“Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst.”
by mrbig65

40th place with an
average vote of 5.4082

Views: 315 (103 during voting)
Votes: 49
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Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.154
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.696
“A picture is a secret about a secret, the more it tells you the less you know.” ― Diane Arbus
by chalice

41st place with an
average vote of 5.3542

Views: 350 (92 during voting)
Votes: 48
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Average Vote (Participants): 5.400
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.304
the more it tells you the less you know.
by herfotoman

42nd place with an
average vote of 5.1875

Views: 331 (92 during voting)
Votes: 48
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Average Vote (Participants): 5.040
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.348
Click with People
by HUETH

43rd place with an
average vote of 5.1702

Views: 327 (103 during voting)
Votes: 47
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Average Vote (Participants): 5.000
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.364
A photograph is a secret about a secret.
by posthumous

44th place with an
average vote of 5.0625

Views: 333 (97 during voting)
Votes: 48
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Average Vote (Participants): 5.039
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.091
What would please me most is to make photographs as incomprehensible as life
by jmritz

45th place with an
average vote of 5.0417

Views: 379 (104 during voting)
Votes: 48
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Average Vote (Participants): 4.846
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.273
"I have been photographing our toilet, that glossy enameled receptacle of extraordinary beauty...."
by Luciemac

46th place with an
average vote of 5.0000

Views: 361 (100 during voting)
Votes: 49
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Average Vote (Participants): 5.000
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.000
Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst
by dtremain

47th place with an
average vote of 4.9783

Views: 286 (99 during voting)
Votes: 46
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Average Vote (Participants): 4.960
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.000
Anything more than 500 yards from the car just isn't photogenic
by DistantColours

48th place with an
average vote of 4.8723

Views: 257 (96 during voting)
Votes: 47
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Average Vote (Participants): 4.720
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.046


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